Texas waist belt plate
date: label: associated date
content: 1851-1860
notes: label: Description
content: Southerners had a greater assortment of belt plates compared to Northerners. One example was this waist belt plate with the familiar lone star symbol for Texas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Army
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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.60670M
label: catalog number
content: 60670M
label: accession number
content: 223708
label: collector/donor number
content: SK426
objectType: label: Object Name
content: insignia
label: Other Terms
content: insignia; Militia, Texas; Beltplate, Waist
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, bagged: 6 in x 3 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 9.525 cm x 1.27 cm