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I don't know if this is the correct place to post this or not so if it isn't let me know and I will move it.
A couple years ago I found an Eagle Belt Plate. It was featured on the cover of American Digger Magazine (Sept - Oct 2012).
This is not your ordinary Eagle Belt Plate, it appears it was produced in England during the Civil War and purchased by high ranking officers or well to do officers.
Any way I have decided to sell this wonderful relic so it can be enjoyed by other Civil War collectors.
I am selling my British Made 1851 Civil War Union Officers Sword Brass Belt Plate. I found this in April 2012 in the front yard of an old farm house. This belt plate was featured on the cover of the Sept – Oct 2012 issue of American Digger Magazine. The video of me finding it from start to finish and the exact location where it was found will also be supplied to the person who purchases this magnificant Civil War Relic.
I am asking $400 and I will ship it any where in the U.S.
If interested email me at [email protected]
Size and weight: 51mm x 83mm, 79g
The co-auther of “American Military Belt Plates” Mr. Michael J. O’Donnell was contacted on my behalf concerning the brass eagle belt plate I found April 28th, 2012 just North East of Platte City, MO. Here is what was found out:
“As promised, I phone called Mike O’Donnell, author of the massive book on civil war belt plates, and asked him to look at your photos. He told me your buckle’s extremely “high-relief” and superbly detailed emblem means it was made in Britain during the civil war. At that time, British industry was the best in the world at doing ultra high quality metalwork. Of course, such supreme works, imported here across the Atlantic Ocean, were significantly more expensive than typical army-issue buckles. High-ranking and/or wealthy US (and Confederate) officers purchased the superb British-made buckles (and buttons), instead of being content with the regular-issue stuff. For example, the O’Donnell book’s plates #658 and #659, which I said are the closest match for your buckle, were worn by an unknown US General, and by US General Ulysses S. Grant, respectively.”
Check out my other posts and videos concerning this item at the following links.
http://www.mymdforum.com/wp/2012/04/video-camera/
http://www.mymdforum.com/wp/2012/06/eagle-belt-plate-rare/
The below links are to pictures I took of the plate in high resolution and natural (outdoor) light. These pictures are very large (2MB each) so they may take a minute or two to load if you have a slow connection.
http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/1.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/2.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/3.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/4.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/5.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/6.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/7.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/8.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/9.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/10.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/11.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/12.jpg
A couple years ago I found an Eagle Belt Plate. It was featured on the cover of American Digger Magazine (Sept - Oct 2012).
This is not your ordinary Eagle Belt Plate, it appears it was produced in England during the Civil War and purchased by high ranking officers or well to do officers.
Any way I have decided to sell this wonderful relic so it can be enjoyed by other Civil War collectors.
I am selling my British Made 1851 Civil War Union Officers Sword Brass Belt Plate. I found this in April 2012 in the front yard of an old farm house. This belt plate was featured on the cover of the Sept – Oct 2012 issue of American Digger Magazine. The video of me finding it from start to finish and the exact location where it was found will also be supplied to the person who purchases this magnificant Civil War Relic.
I am asking $400 and I will ship it any where in the U.S.
If interested email me at [email protected]
Size and weight: 51mm x 83mm, 79g
The co-auther of “American Military Belt Plates” Mr. Michael J. O’Donnell was contacted on my behalf concerning the brass eagle belt plate I found April 28th, 2012 just North East of Platte City, MO. Here is what was found out:
“As promised, I phone called Mike O’Donnell, author of the massive book on civil war belt plates, and asked him to look at your photos. He told me your buckle’s extremely “high-relief” and superbly detailed emblem means it was made in Britain during the civil war. At that time, British industry was the best in the world at doing ultra high quality metalwork. Of course, such supreme works, imported here across the Atlantic Ocean, were significantly more expensive than typical army-issue buckles. High-ranking and/or wealthy US (and Confederate) officers purchased the superb British-made buckles (and buttons), instead of being content with the regular-issue stuff. For example, the O’Donnell book’s plates #658 and #659, which I said are the closest match for your buckle, were worn by an unknown US General, and by US General Ulysses S. Grant, respectively.”
Check out my other posts and videos concerning this item at the following links.
http://www.mymdforum.com/wp/2012/04/video-camera/
http://www.mymdforum.com/wp/2012/06/eagle-belt-plate-rare/
The below links are to pictures I took of the plate in high resolution and natural (outdoor) light. These pictures are very large (2MB each) so they may take a minute or two to load if you have a slow connection.
http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/1.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/2.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/3.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/4.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/5.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/6.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/7.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/8.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/9.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/10.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/11.jpg http://www.mymdforum.com/6612/12.jpg
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