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[MawkusD]

Found this one about a year ago. Had it heated and bent as close to straight as I felt comfortable allowing the restoration guy to do.

I wanted to re-show the original pics and new pics. Do you all feel like the "light-restoration" made a "big difference"? Thanks.

 

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[UnderMiner]

Looks alot better now. That's a museum quality piece.

 

[Jasonlwirt]

That is sweet. Life time find😀

 

[pong12211]

I agree you can definetly see the difference. Very nice piece thanks for sharing.

 

[MawkusD]

Thanks.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very nice. Congrats on a super find!

 

[sandchip]

That's a beautiful buckle, but between my ignorance and missing the original post, I gotta ask if somebody would tell me about its significance.

 

[SCdigger]

When it comes to relic restoration, I don't have a problem with straightening bent items...but, I don't agree with rebuilding items with missing pieces...reconstruction.

 

[Ahab8]

No expert but I would call that a nice result. I'm always amazed at the difference in some items. I've seen some incredible results with GW buttons that were folded in half. Congrats on having that beautiful piece in your collection

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on a very interesting piece of history find.

 

[jewelerguy]

personally I don't like to see dug relics undergo a complete restoration to where they look almost new. Kinda seems like displaying a piece that has been done like that is like 'cheating'. I do like your light restoration job though. Looks great!

 

[Argentium]

Is that a War of 1812 period piece ? I always associate those "goose neck" looking eagles with that period or earlier , although the Draped
Bust Silver coins (Heraldic Eagle Reverse ) are an earlier exception to this by a few years .

 

[MawkusD]

It's a Washington 5th Artillery Division, based in New Orleans, Civil War belt plate. It's not a goose, lol. I'm not making fun! The design depicts a pelican feeding her young and it's the Louisiana State Seal.

 

[MawkusD]

I think it was made in 1860.

 

[MawkusD]

personally I don't like to see dug relics undergo a complete restoration to where they look almost new. Kinda seems like displaying a piece that has been done like that is like 'cheating'. I do like your light restoration job though. Looks great!

Thanks a bunch! I really appreciate that. I feel like all of the examples I've Seen of the same plate lack the color and patina that this one has. So I really appreciate you saying that!

 

[sandchip]

Thanks for the ID. Fantastic find now that I know what I'm looking at!

One more question: who is the Washington in the division title? I would figure that it was named after George Washington, but I've got this N.O. bottle dating to the mid-1850s with the same name and wondered if there was another prominent Washington down that way. Just got me to wondering...