December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
A belt plate or belt tip of cast brass bearing a raised device of a Liberty or Phrygian cap on its face, 2 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches, with 3 pierced mounting studs on reverse. Of unknown origin and form, from a collection on the North Shore of Boston. The device was a symbol heavily used by Americans during their the Revolutonary War and by the French in the French Revolutionary War epoch. CONDITION: plate has traces of dirt on its face, the brass a fine antique bronze patina. Very good.