Buckle,for what???

[worldtalker]

Anyone ever run across one of these? God Bless HH Chris

[DCMatt]

It is the right size and shape for a shoe buckle. But I've never seen one that heavy. It could also be horse furniture.

What else was found near by?

DCMatt

[kuger]

harness buckle cover

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7630027

[TheCannonballGuy]

Kuger is correct, it is a horse harness buckle cover, also called a buckle-shield.

But recent dating-research has proved that the LiveAuctioneers website is incorrect, it is from later than the civil war era. A US Patent (#222,720) was awarded in 1879 to D. Mosman for the basic form of the buckle-shield. Later evolutions of that basic form (such as the heart-logo style in the LiveAuctioneers photo) are shown for sale in 1890s Sears & Roebuck mail-order catalogs.

Note "Figure #2" in this scan of the 1879 Patent diagram, showing how the buckle-shield worked.

[kuger]

....yes,Peter,thank you.I didnt state the fact of it not being "period",as to not incite an argument,which it has on here before.Fact is fact though

[worldtalker]

kuger and CannonBallGuy,Thanks boys!!!!!! God Bless HH Chris