November 15 & 16, 2022 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/15/2022
Sheet brass oval belt plate, concave, 55 x 80mm, with 3 bent flat brass belt hooks soldered in place on reverse. The central panel with Maryland state seal on an octagonal lined background is a shako plate, double stamped and nicely detailed, affixed by brass wires passing through holes in the plate and bent over on the reverse. CONDITION: Excellent. Nice, even aged patina to the brass. All 3 belt hooks in place. 1 of 4 brass wires securing the state seal panel is missing, but the plate is firmly in place. The seal was adopted in 1854 and the plate is likely a prewar or very early war adaptation. Illustrated in "Band of Brothers", pg. 199, and "Maryland Arms Makers", pg. 113G.
Item Dimensions: 3" x 2".