Buckle ID

[dano91]

I came into a very old bridle that has been used a lot and repaired to. This buckle doesn't belong on it originally, and was probably improvised in the field. So far I think it's a bed roll or blanket roll buckle, mostly used by confederate, but also some use in US Troops.
Any body ever seen one like it? Thanks!!!
Dano.

 

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[PBK]

Dano, the "Confederate blanket roll buckle" ID was first published in 1984, in Dr. Francis A. Lord's Civil War Collector's Encyclopedia, Vol. IV. This error was corrected in Vol. V, in 1989, but apparently some folks just weren't willing to accept it. Although it's often listed as a horse harness buckle, this heart-embossed item is really a buckle shield, made to fit on top of the actual buckle. Supposedly, the shield would keep the buckle from snagging, but it also served an ornamental purpose. Link:

http://antiquehorse.com/bucklepage.html

The same design has been around since the 19th century, and in fact it's still being made today:

http://www.nwhl.net/NWHL-NET/harness-parts-supplies/Harness-hardware-3.cfm

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Dano,

small piece of history you have there.

Nice.

have a good un................

 

[IrishCharlieM]

NICE little piece of history.......