✅ SOLVED Need some help identifying this item.

[RJ55]

Found this item this morning. May be made of thin brass or copper. Dime is for size reference. Any help will be appreciated.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Treasure of Victoria Peak - Grab it through Amazon!

[DCMatt]

Suspender buckle. Turn of the 20th C. Maybe a little older...

 

[RJ55]

View attachment 1999107Suspender buckle. Turn of the 20th C. Maybe a little older...

Thanks. I was hoping civil war related. Found buttons there before and my brother found a 1853 half dime.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your find is a suspenders-strap length adjustment buckle, from the late-1800s into the early-1900s. The two "holed" flanges on each end of the top of your buckle held a (missing) "sawtoothed" crossbar, whose teeth gripped the strap firmly enough to maintain the desired length for the strap. The bottom of your buckle had a (missing) wide upturned "tongue" flange, which held a metal ring which was attached to the end of the suspenders' lower strap. See the photos below. The wide tongue-flange on suspenders buckles dates from before the civil war, but the earliest Patent-date I've seen for a suspenders-buckle which had a sawtoothed crossbar is 1868.

The one in the first photo below, which (like yours) has two "holed" flanges to hold the (missing) sawtoothed crossbar, and a wide tongue-flange (like yours) is marked "Pat. March 7, 1871."

 

[RJ55]

Your find is a suspenders-strap length adjustment buckle, from the late-1800s into the early-1900s. The two "holed" flanges on each end of the top of your buckle held a (missing) "sawtoothed" crossbar, whose teeth gripped the strap firmly enough to maintain the desired length for the strap. The bottom of your buckle had a (missing) wide upturned "tongue" flange, which held a metal ring which was attached to the end of the suspenders' lower strap. See the photos below. The wide tongue-flange on suspenders buckles dates from before the civil war, but the earliest Patent-date I've seen for a suspenders-buckle which had a sawtoothed crossbar is 1868.

The one in the first photo below, which (like yours) has two "holed" flanges to hold the (missing) sawtoothed crossbar, and a wide tongue-flange (like yours) is marked "Pat. March 7, 1871."

Thanks for the help guys.