Fragment of leather belt worn by Henry S. Gansevoort
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
name: label: user
content: Gansevoort, Henry S.
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of leather sword belt worn by Henry S. Gansevoort while an officer in the US Volunteers during the American Civil War. The belt is adorned with nine metal fasteners stamped to resemble lion's heads, and has metal clasps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Army
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Abraham Lansing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.12838
label: catalog number
content: 12838
label: accession number
content: 53757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Belt
label: Other Terms
content: Belt; Man; Militia
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (fasteners material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 in x 3 in x 1 in; 129.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm