United States Belt Plate
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1862
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Oval-shaped metal, raised rim and raised "US" stamp.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: The belt buckle was found on the battlefield at Winchester, Virginia.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: A belt plate like this one would have been worn by a Union soldier.
place: label: found at
content: United States: Virginia, Winchester
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. B. Entwisle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.202755
label: catalog number
content: 202755
label: accession number
content: 35091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: belt plate
label: Other Terms
content: Insignia; Army; Belt Plate; US
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 8.89 cm x .635 cm