Waist belt plate
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1862
notes: label: Description
content: Model 1851 U.S. Cavalry Sword Waist-Belt Plate.
label: Description
content: Union regulations called for oval "US" plates to be used on most waist belts and on cartridge boxes, and for circular eagle plates to be used on shoulder belts. Union cavalrymen, however, used a rectangular eagle plate on the waist belt that held their sword.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Louis Lipton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.15399
label: catalog number
content: 15399
label: accession number
content: 58300
label: catalog number
content: 287145
objectType: label: Object Name
content: insignia
label: Other Terms
content: insignia; Army; Belt Plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 5.715 cm x .635 cm