UP1193.    Model 1839, "baby" U S waist belt plate in excellent condition, the face is damage free and has a pleasing mellow brass patina, the reverse has full, slick lead and both hooks, displays beautifully or would be a great buckle to wear today

UP1191.    baby V M M buckle in very good dug condition, the face has a medium brown patina, it has a small, circular ding at the top edge, the reverse has good lead and the hooks are in great shape, displays well

UP1189.    Model 1859 sword belt plate, it is the enlisted man / NCO model that had the applied silver wreath, as is often the case, the wreath is MIA, the face has strong detail with wear on the high spots, it has a mellow brass patina, the reverse has the early style long, narrow tongue, has a good body curve 

UP1188.    Model 1851 sword belt plate with keeper in great shape, the face has a medium / dark brown patina with great detail, it is an officer's plate with the cast in wreath, the reverse has the early style long, narrow tongue, the wreath and plate are both bench marked 32, but the best thing is it has the rare EVANS & HASKELL PHILA makers name cast in, all are still readable but for some reason EVANS and HASKELL have been scratched over, still very rare to find this marking

UP1187.    beautiful Federal breast plate in outstanding dug condition, plates of this quality just aren't found anymore, the face has a pleasing medium/dark brown patina, great detail with wear on the high points, the reverse has full lead and both hooks are standing straight and strong, this one would never need upgrading

UP1184.    U S waist belt plate in very good condition, the face has strong letters with a chocolate brown patina, there's still dirt on the background so the letters really jump out, the reverse has full, slick lead except for one flake missing at the rim, has the early style puppy paw stud hooks, nice buckle

UP1179.    U S box plate in very good dug condition, the face is in great shape with only one small push to the rim, the reverse has full lead except for one flake where the rim is pushed, has remnants of one of the loops, recovered many years ago in Murfreesboro, TN

UP1178.    beautiful Federal regulation breast plate in outstanding dug condition, the face is super slick and has great detail, has an even medium brown patina, the reverse has full lead and both attachment loops are standing straight and strong, this fine plate was dug many years ago in Cumberland Gap, TN and would be about impossible to ever upgrade

DR1177   U S box plate in very good dug condition, the face has strong letters and no damage, the reverse has nearly 100% of the lead fill with only slight loss around the rim, remnants of one hook

UP1169.    Model 1839, "baby" U S waist belt plate in excellent condition, the face has a pleasing brass patina and no damage, the reverse has both hooks and full, slick lead, these were replaced by the larger three hooks plate because the two hooks didn't stand up to the weight of a fully loaded belt, if you have ever wanted an original buckle to wear today, this would be it 

UP1165.    eagle breast plate that has a cut from the bottom  to nearly the top, maybe a mighty blow from Johnny Reb's saber, or more likely a farmer's disc, just as dug with the dirt only rinsed off, good detail to the face, the reverse still has the lead, dug in Vicksburg, MS

UP1157.    Burnside eagle breast plate, scarce variant being slightly smaller than the standard breats plate, it is in good shape with an even dark brown patina, it has slight damage to the upper rim, the reverse has good lead with only slight loss at the edge

UP1144. Model 1851 sword belt plate in excellent non-dug condition, I've always thought these were about the most attractive of all the Federal plates, and this is a beautiful example, the face has the three piece applied silver wreath and great detail, it has a pleasing, mellow brass patina, the reverse has the short, narrow tongue and is bench marked 266, fantastic buckle

UP1141. Federal carbine sling buckle in good dug condition, retains both tongue hooks which move freely, cast brass it is slightly heavier than most you see, the outer frame is in great shape, the cross bar has a slight upward bend, displays well

UP1137. Burnside eagle breast plate in good condition, the face shows wear but is in good shape, the reverse has full lead, it has one area on the left rim where the lead has been filled in, nice example of a scarce variant

EW1102. non-dug Model 1851 sword belt plate in great shape, in my opinion the most attractive of the Federal buckles, the face has strong detail, the silver wreath is firmly attached, it has a mellow brass patina, the reverse has the narrow tongue

UP1094. British made tongue for a two piece buckle, this is a buckle I'm not familiar with, I showed it to several of my dealer and collector buddies and the consensus is pre-war militia but some thought it was post war, I do know it was found in Mobile, AL, it is heavily made, the belt loop is 2.25" tall, disc diameter is 1.25", the design is very similar to an early rifleman button, either way a cool military tongue