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13th New York Cavalry wearing the type of Eagle Officers Belt Plate pictured on this page.

NCO and Eagle Officer's Sword Belt Buckles, Union Spurs, Martingales

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TG-E1 Enlisted 1863 Waist Belt Plate (Applied silver wreath) Circa 1863
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NCO Buckle Hook Backing
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TG-PAPERWEIGHTDIE. 1851 Brass Paperweight cast from an original Eagle Officers metal Die. Cast in solid brass and finish to look like the original. After the Eagle Officers plate was sand cast it was placed in the steel die and a powerful blow from the press using a heavy lead weight was dropped on the back of the belt plate to sharpen the detail. Brass Paperweight is one inch thick brass, original Die is eight inches thick steel.
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Calvaryman wearing the TG-E1 or the TG-E2
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Original Die used to make the master pattern.
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TG-E2 Enlisted 1863 Waist Belt Plate (applied silver wreath) Circa 1863
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"John Wayne Gun Rig and TG-JW HBF BUCKLE". Gun Rig made by Escort Gunleather used on the Madame Tussauds waxworks. Displayed in London, Hollywood and New York.
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TGE 5 Enlisted Sword Belt Plate (applied silver wreath) Circa-1863
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TGE 6 Enlisted Sword Belt Plate (applied silver wreath) Circa-1863. The belt bar and belt keeper were removed to make the modern type for the original John Wayne buckle he wore as Rooster Cogburn.
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John Wayne "Rooster Cogburn" wearing the TG-JW buckle on the right.
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TG-JW A reproduction of this type buckle made by Hanover Brass for the Madame Tussauds waxworks figure in a museum that wants the Duke to be correct in every way.
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TG-E 7 Enlisted Sword Belt Plate, applied silver wreath Circa 1863
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TG-E3 Enlisted Sword Belt Plate with applied nickel silver wreath. Circa 1863
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TGE- 7(Solid Brass) Enlisted Sword Belt Plate Circa-1863
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G -16 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa 1851. Wreath is solid brass.
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T-17 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Solid Brass Circa 1863 Wreath is solid brass.
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TG-E1/LeatherAMMOBelt NCO Enlisted on Ammo Belt. After the Civil War many NCO buckles were used in the west during the Western expansion by military and gunslingers. Bullet loops were added to the leather belt. Holster and Pistol not included, just buckle and belt.
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TGEO-12 1861-1865 Eagle Officers Belt Plate (Solid Brass)
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TG - (126) Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa 1862-1865
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Original T-17 Eagle Officers on the original belt.
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TG- (JEBMOC) Stuart Sword Belt Plate. Reproduction of the Jeb Stuart Belt Plate worn by him and displayed in The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, VA.
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Rubber mold made at the Museum of the Confederacy from the original Stuart belt plate.
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TGEO-21 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa 1863
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Cavalry leader JEB Stuart. You can purchase a reproduction of his original belt plate from the Museum of the Confederacy. Richmond. VA.
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Stuart master pattern made from gun grip resin. As you can see above it makes a beautiful reproduction.
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TG- (125) Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa - 1862-1865
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Pete George long time relic hunter and expert on civil war artillery. Published several books on artillery. He can unload a shell or cannonball.
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TGEO-20 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate (Solid Brass) Circa 1861-1865
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TG-16 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate. Variant of the G-16. Circa 1861-1865.
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TGEO-Grant (General U. S. GRANT) Sword Belt Plate Solid Brass. Circa - 1861-1865. Black & white photo is the original belt plate Grant wore.
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General U.S. Grants original Officers Sword Belt Plate and photograph. Same type buckle as TGEO-Grant reproduction.
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General U.S. Grants
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TGEO-300 Eagle Officers S.B.P, Circa 1863-1865
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Wide Hook Backing
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T-19 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate dug from the Cold Harbor battlefield by Mac Mason 1965
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T-19 original on the leather belt
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TGEO-Stuart Cavalry leader "J. E. B. STUART" Sword Belt Plate This Stuart belt plate was not cast from the original displayed in The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Va. G. W. used his original that is a exact type to represent the belt plate that Stuart wore until the 1864 battle at Yellow Tavern where he was mortally wounded.
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Cole Younger also wore the same type belt plate pictured above. He rode with Frank and Jesse.
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I cast the reproduction TGEO-LF Eagle Officers belt plate pictured below solid brass. The original is die-struck and lead filled. Brass hook applied into the lead.
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TGEO-Stuart(2) Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate. 24kt. gold plate, wreath silver plate. Same buckle pictured on the left only gold and silver plate.
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TG-19B Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate. Circa 1851. "Bright Dipped".
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TG-19A Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate. Circa 1851. "Antique Finish"
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TGEO-WS Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Solid Brass Circa 1861 - 1865
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Old time relic hunter Rodney Boggs digging a 12lb solid shot cannonball on my property in 2008. Confederate artillery was fireing at the Grapevine Bridge, 1862. Rodney and I would trade relics to add to our collections.
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James Butler Hickok wearing his NCO belt plate.
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James Butler Hickok
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TGEO-75 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa - 1845
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James Butler Hickok's pistol, holster and ammo belt with buckle. Same belt plate as the TGE-5 NCO Belt Plate with applied silver wreath pictured above for sale and below.
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TGE 5 NCO Belt Plate. Same type worn by Hickok pictured above and on the left ..
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Museum displayed James Butler Hickok's belt rig.
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TGEO-LF Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate (Solid brass but the original was die-struck lead filled.) Circa 1861
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TGE-7A (Solid Brass) Enlisted Sword Belt Plate Circa 1863
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TGEO-400 Eagle Officers S.B.P. Circa 1863-1865
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TGEO-4 Sword Belt Plate Applied Nickel Silver Wreath Officers- Circa 1851-1855 (This is one of the early versions of the Officers 1851 pattern)
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TGEO- (CRUDE) Eagle Sword Belt Plate Circa-1861-1865 (applied silver wreath).
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Mosby (Grey Ghost) wearing the T-17 Eagle Officers type buckle pictured near the top, 5th row, first buckle.
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TGEO-51 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa 1861-1865 (applied silver wreath)
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TGEO-50 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa-1861 (applied silver wreath)
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TGEO-3 - 1851 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate w/Applied Silver Wreath.
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T-18/SB -1851 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate (SOLID BRASS)
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TGEO-2 1851 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate - Right: Jesse James wearing Eagle Officers. w/Applied Silver Wreath.
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Jesse James wearing a NCO belt plate.
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John Wayne, Henry Fonda and all the others wearing all those eagle buckles. Are they original used by the costume company?
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TGEO-2/SB -1851 Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate (SOLID BRASS)
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General George McClellan Seven Days battle in 1862 Lee caused McClellan a lot of problems.
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Richard Boone (Paladin) wearing a reproduction Eagle Officers.
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TGEO- (No-Shield) Officers Sword Belt Plate Circa - 1861 (applied silver wreath)
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TG-GM Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate. Type worn by General George McClellan at the 1862 Seven Days battle Richmond, VA.
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1830'S SWORD BELT PLATE
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Dug from the Cold Harbor, VA battlefield, Eagle Officers with remains of the leather belt. 1978
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TG-1832SBP Officers U.S. Sword Belt Plate with Belt Keeper. Circa 1832 This plate was regulation before the 1851 pattern.
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U.S. Grant - Mexican War Officer
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TG - (Allegheny/Arsenal) Eagle Sword Belt Plate. Red brass has applied silver wreath, red brass eagle emblem applied to yellow brass belt plate. Yellow brass comes with applied silver wreath & emblem will be yellow. Circa 1853-1860
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TG-USG Infantry Officers Sword Belt Plate. Circa 1836 This is the type buckle Grant is pictured wearing in the photo on the left when an officer in the Mexican war.
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G-15 - Eagle Officers Belt Plate. Post War. Circa 1874 - 1890 Maker Horstmann Bros & Co. Philadelphia. For some reason pre civil war and post war Horstmann plates were made with the eagle looking toward the left, arrows. All other makers of the Eagle Officers plate the eagle looks toward the right.
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TG-H.Jones Lt. Henry Jones Belt Plate. Jones died at Cold Harbor June 3rd 1864. Lt. Jones Co. I 2nd Regt. Delaware Vol. Inf. engraved in the back. Back of buckle on the right shows this where I stamped over the original engraving. The original is pictured below.
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Post War General Potter
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Back of Lt. Henry Jones Belt Plate. Dug from the Cold Harbor battlefield on the Union trench line. Lt. Jones Co. I 2nd Regt. Delaware Vol. Infantry died June 3rd. 1864 and his belt plate was dug from the trench along with his sword in 1977. Engraved in the back is the I.D. of this officer. A reproduction worn by a officer who gave his life fighting for what he believed in. I stamped the information over the original engraving because it did not show up clear in the sand casting. Original front and back pictured below.
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TG - E O Post War (applied silver wreath)
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Back of the buckle pictured on the right.
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TG-1861EO Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate. Circa 1861-1865 Early Officers Belt Plate.
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"American Military Belt Plates" by Michael J. O'Donnell & J. Duncan Campbell page 389, Plate 643 lists this Eagle buckle found in a Civil War site but this buckle is not civil war period. This buckle worn on a 1950's toy G.I. Joe holster and other toy military holsters .
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Same as the buckle above and on the left but pictured in the buckle book "American Military Belt Plates" as civil war period.
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Back of the toy Eagle Buckle.
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Toy U.S. Navy with the same buckle.
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TG-E&HEO Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate Made by Evans & Hassall, Philadelphia, PA. Circa 1861-1865
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Both Union Cavalry enlisted are wearing the TG-9 Carbine Sling Buckle, Eagle Officers belt plate, sword and carbines. Brothers going to war.
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Eagle Officers Belt Plate Circa 1863 - 1865 2nd Lt. Henry H. Jones Co. I 2nd Regt. Delaware Vol. Inf. engraved in the back.
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TG-9 (marked) Union Carbine Sling Buckle Back marked T.J. Shepard - US - E. Gaylord, Chicopee,Mass. original found Dispatch Station, Cold Harbor battle, Va.
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Eagle Officers Belt Plate Circa 1863 - 1865 "Buckle Lesson" For all of you who think that the wide hook makes the Eagle Officers Belt Plate Post War - WRONG. The above belt plate was dug from the union trench line on the Cold Harbor battlefield and has the name 2nd Lt. Henry H. Jones Co. I 2nd Regt. Delaware Vol. Inf. engraved in the back. Lt. Jones died at the June 3rd 1864 battle of Cold Harbor, Va. I think that this can put to rest the wide hook being post war. Also Jeb Stuart's belt plate has a wide hook and the same type as the above belt plate.
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Original "Hardee" Hat worn by Union Cavalry.
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TG-1851 Eagle Officers Belt Plate Circa 1863-1865
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TG-1851 with the scroll back and stamped GW
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TG - Allegheny Spurs Enlisted Union Spurs Originals dug Cold Harbor (2) is the spur size.
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T-11 Eagle Martingale.. Cavalry Eagle Martingale. Original dug Harrison's Landing, Berkeley Plantation
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Original Eagle Martingale
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Civil War Relics dug in the 1950's.
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Go to our Leather and Belt section and see how to wear a Sword Belt Plate with your everyday pants. The leather belt looks original style but hidden snaps makes it easy to put through your pants loops.
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Remember I cast and finish these buckles and other items as ordered so it may take seven to fifteen days to get your order mailed. My site gets me many customers each week and so many items to choose so I never have these belt plates in stock. It will be 1st class sand casting.
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John Wayne wearing a Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate.
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TG-Allegheny Spur side view
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TG-US Martingale U.S. Cavalry Martingale Circa 1861-1875
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Beautiful pair of original Eagle Spurs. The same type as the reproduction T-Eagle Spurs. I have cast these in sterling silver.
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24kt. Gold Plated Eagle Spurs I cast for a customer.
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A pair of battlefield dug cast spurs that the metal did not fill the sand mold when the brass was poured. Holes were drilled on each side to replace the leather strap parts that did not fill out the sand mold. If metal was not poured at the correct temperature this is the finished casting. If it could be used it was not put back in the melting pot.
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1930's and 40's B-Western Movie used original surplus civil war guns, uniforms and buckles in the movie production. Buster Crabbe has the two outlaws under control. Man on the left is wearing a T-9 Carbine Sling buckle on his gun belt. Many John Wayne movies used this original equipment. Bannerman surplus.
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TG-CONNBUTTON Connecticut Coat Button
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TG-Union Officers & NCO Spurs Original pair dug from White House Landing, 1862 Seven Days Battle before Richmond or it could have been 1864 before Cold Harbor
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T- Eagle Spurs. Each spur is cast in two parts and brazed together. Achieving the detail of this rare spur is labor intensive. These are reproduced using my original pair of eagle spurs.
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Original 1832-1842 Infantry Script I SBP. Reproduction cast with a different applied wreath.
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TG-Brass Flag Pole Spear Original dug Dispatch Station near Cold Harbor.
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TG-9thSBP Ninth Corps Sword Belt Plate. Circa 2015
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TG-SANDCASTPAPERWEIGHT. Paperweight Casting.
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Cast and hand finish the buckle and keeper. Apply the nickel silver wreath and wreath tips to the buckle and you have a finished product.
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MGen. W. T, Sherman's Uniform
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TG-Officers Spurs side view with spur straps
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Battlefield TG-Union Officers or NCO Spur pictured above.
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G-9 Plain Cavalry Martingale Original dug Harrison's Landing, VA
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TG-1832 SBP Script I. Script Infantry Sword Belt Plate. Circa 1832-1842
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Original late 1940's-1950's Toy Holster Belt Buckle. Tin metal that was not strong enough to carry a original pistol or sword. This buckle was not made for the Military use but made for child's play.
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TG-Toy Eagle Buckle. Mid 1900 Eagle Buckle. Used on toy cap pistol rig and made of tin. Sometimes dug from sites and thought to be Civil War period but just a toy buckle. Cast in Nickel Silver to look Tin. They were also brass and copper plated..
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1865 Cold Harbor, VA. They were paid fifty cents for each body buried on the battlefield they moved to the new U.S. Cemetery.
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Cisco Lopez wearing one of my 24kt gold plated/silver wreath Eagle Officers SBP.
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