Civil War buckle?

BenVa68

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doublet2a

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looks like a suspender clip. note where it looks like that tange broke off. Weather its civil was, I cant say..

Tim
 

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I’d say suspender clip as well. Cool find, civil war or not!
 

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tennessee digger

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As the others have said, it's a suspender buckle. That style is post civil war era and would date to the late 1870's up to the early 1890's. It's a good find.
 

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