December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Buff leather US Navy waistbelt of Civil War era, as modified in 1862 with frame buckle riveted versus sewn to belt. The belt is composed of two lengths of buff, lapped and riveted together approximately 10 inches from the buckle end and the belt is 44 inches long by 1 7/8 inches wide overall. The reverse of the belt has "U.S.N.Y / BOSTON" stenciled on in black paint. Accompanying the belt is a 19th century frog for a cutlass or sword bayonet of black, tanned leather, with stitched, integral belt loop, 8 x 3 1/2 inches. CONDITION: Buff belt appears to have been blackened during the period, but as lightened and is now a brownish cast; some verdigris around the copper rivets; otherwise complete and very good. Surface wear to the black frog, showing the brown leather grain, otherwise good. 2 item lot.