Texas waist belt plate
Texas waist belt plate
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- Description
- Southerners had a greater assortment of belt plates compared to Northerners. One example was this waist belt plate with the familiar lone star symbol for Texas.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- insignia
- Other Terms
- insignia; Militia, Texas; Beltplate, Waist
- associated date
- 1851-1860
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, bagged: 6 in x 3 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 9.525 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- AF.60670M
- catalog number
- 60670M
- accession number
- 223708
- subject
- Civil War
- Army
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Civil War
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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