United States Belt Plate
Object Details
- Description
- Physical Description
- Oval-shaped metal, raised rim and raised "US" stamp.
- Specific History
- The belt buckle was found on the battlefield at Winchester, Virginia.
- General History
- A belt plate like this one would have been worn by a Union soldier.
- Credit Line
- W. B. Entwisle
- associated date
- 1861 - 1862
- ID Number
- AF.202755
- catalog number
- 202755
- accession number
- 35091
- Object Name
- belt plate
- Other Terms
- Insignia; Army; Belt Plate; US
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 8.89 cm x .635 cm
- found at
- United States: Virginia, Winchester
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Record ID
- nmah_439651
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-5e6a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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