December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Oblong plate of heavy sheet brass, 2 x 2 5/8 inches, with hook and two studs on verso. Found at Sacketts Harbor in the early 1960s by Jim Hart. Similar in construction to the oval 1808 bayonet plate used by the U.S. Army, this plate could have been used as either a waistbelt or a shoulder plate and may have been worn by a soldier of the regular U.S. Army or a militiaman. It does match the waistbelt plate worn by an artillery NCO in an 1816 watercolor. PROVENANCE: James A. Hart Collection; private collection; purchased from The Picket Post in 2024.