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[carchan]

Hello! Found this today at a camp site for 1850’s us army. Any help would be appreciated. In one of the pics I believe you can make you the number “2”

Thanks all!

 

[ncsuwolf]

Hello! Found this today at a camp site for 1850’s us army. Any help would be appreciated. In one of the pics I believe you can make you the number “2”

Thanks all!

Not sure if the size lines up, but looks like the pice that connects to the belt on a 2 piece buckle

 

[ncsuwolf]

Not sure if the size lines up, but looks like the pice that connects to the belt on a 2 piece buckle

Hello! Found this today at a camp site for 1850’s us army. Any help would be appreciated. In one of the pics I believe you can make you the number “2”

Thanks all!

What’s the thickness of the item?

 

[fyrffytr1]

Looks like a broke tongue and wreath buckle part. Looks like it was the wreath part.

 

[Gare]

Could it be part of a suspender

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your find appears to be an 1840s-50s Militia or Patriotic 2-piece "Tongue-&-Wreath" belt buckle. I do not think it is US Military issue, because in the photos it looks like it is made of thin stamped-brass, not the Military-grade solid-cast brass.

This type was particularly popular during the California Gold Rush, where many have been found in Prospector camps. Sometimes the emblem on the tongue was a "patriotic" eagle, and sometimes just a farm scene, such as a sheaf of wheat or cornstalks or a plow. Here are some 1850s photos showing obvious Civilians wearing this type of stamped-brass buckle. A tip of my old grey kepi goes to CCHunter as the original poster of the photos.