Confederate TN Style Egg Buckle on belt

[nchistory]

Confederate Buckle Non-Dug with belt, TN style Egg Plate. Some refer to the Oval CS Egg as a common Confederate buckle, yet in Non-dug condition very uncommon. A few years ago, they started calling these style hooks "telegraph wire", but iron probably wasn't the best material for conductivity. Belt in 3 pieces, but once again an uncommon find.

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[VMI88]

Incredible rare piece! Thanks for showing.

[daniel griffin]

THAT is a winner! Thanks for posting it!

[M24 Chaffee]

Great piece! Cool that you have the leather with it too.

 

 

Frank

[nchistory]

Thanks guys, a tough piece to find indeed. I may have seen 3 non-dug in my life, yet 2 on the belt.

[USCapturephotos]

Loved looking at this. I never thought this was a very attractive buckle but seeing a non-dug one like yours is changing my mind.

Paul

[doyler]

Very nice to see a real one.

[Bluehawk]

Quite remarkable...

 

Question: What accounts for the apparent smoothing/wear (?) on the buckle itself? Or, is that what it looked like, more or less, when originally issued/cast? Or is that the result of many decades of handling?

 

Not that this has any relevance at all, but one of my great greats was: Cpl Daniel H. Barron (1838-1910) Co B 19th TN Rgmt Inf CSA