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US Cartridge Box Plate - Rare Large Brass Loops - Ohio Troops - High Quality

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Item: US Cartridge Box Plate - Rare Large Brass Loops - Ohio Troops - High Quality
Use: Cartridge box plates were attached to the outer flap of the soldier's cartridge box. Not only ornamental but more practically used as a weight to keep the cartridge box flap closed to prevent cartridge loss. See the additional images in this listing for an image showing its use.
Construction: Stamped thin sheet brass with solder fill and large brass wire attachment loops.
Condition: Excellent, excavated, both brass wire loops present. Its smooth brass front, with big bold raised letters "US", has varying shades of a brown patina. The rim is in excellent shape with no issues. The rear has a near complete complement of solder with one small area of missing solder surface at the rim of one end of the plate. Lightly printed on old adhesive tape on the rear is "BOCA CHICA". The plate has no cracks, bends or repairs.
Recovered: Boca Chica, TX.
Approximate size: 57 x 88 mm.
Reference: Other examples of brass looped box plates are pictured in:

• "American Military Belt Plates" by O'Donnell and Campbell on page 305 as plate 490.
• "Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795-1874", by Sydney C. Kerksis on page 46.

See the above pages in the additional images. 

Comments: US cartridge box plates with over-sized brass loops are significantly harder to recover than the typical iron looped box plate, and all plate collections should include an example. Of the US cartridge box plates recovered, approximately 99% will have smaller iron attachment loops or at least remnants thereof. These rarer plates have always had an association with Ohio troops. According to O'Donnell and Campbell's buckle reference book, "American Military Belt Plates", the brass loops of these 1839 pattern plates, can also be found on the 1826 pattern eagle plate, as well as the flat letter style Ohio "OVM" cartridge box plate and Ohio state seal shoulder plates.

This US cartridge box plate with brass loops will be an excellent addition to any excavated Civil War plate or general relic collection.

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Product Code:

PC619

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Price:

$325.00

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