Confederate Waist Belt Plate, South Carolina
notes: label: Description
content: This is an example of a Confederate waist belt plate. The circular emblem in the center of the oak leaf wreath depicts a palmetto tree. The palmetto is also a central symbol in the state seal of South Carolina.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.60623M
label: catalog number
content: 60623M
label: collector/donor number
content: 379
label: accession number
content: 223708
objectType: label: Object Name
content: insignia
label: Other Terms
content: insignia; Militia, South Carolina; Belt Plate, Waist
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm