wdjensen123
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Hello there,
I have a CS marked tongue for a 2-piece buckle. I am interested to find out if it may be real or fake, and any information. One person said it was real, in NVRHA.
It found by Calvin Hyatt Pyle, as a boy in the Iuka battle area of Mississippi (northern border of Mississippi, near Tennessee.) He was born 1898, and it was found scuffing around ca 1910. It was with 2 Federal finds from the same time. Since then, it was handled a lot, and the highlights are shiny.
The diameter of the circular part is 35.66 maximum. Estimated height of the belt loop part (which seems to have been impacted) is about 49mm. It seems to be totally cast, with little raised bumps. Smoother on the front than the back which really looks sand cast. It is very smooth where the mating wreath would have rubbed it, face is smoothed down on the CS, and wear pattern where the leather would have rubbed the belt loops. There are traces of gold plating in the nooks and crannies on the back of it.
Can it be matched up to any examples in the Mullinax book? Were these for officers, NCO's, or plain cavalry? Were they for the sword belt, or waist belt?
Sincerely,
Bill Jensen
I have a CS marked tongue for a 2-piece buckle. I am interested to find out if it may be real or fake, and any information. One person said it was real, in NVRHA.
It found by Calvin Hyatt Pyle, as a boy in the Iuka battle area of Mississippi (northern border of Mississippi, near Tennessee.) He was born 1898, and it was found scuffing around ca 1910. It was with 2 Federal finds from the same time. Since then, it was handled a lot, and the highlights are shiny.
The diameter of the circular part is 35.66 maximum. Estimated height of the belt loop part (which seems to have been impacted) is about 49mm. It seems to be totally cast, with little raised bumps. Smoother on the front than the back which really looks sand cast. It is very smooth where the mating wreath would have rubbed it, face is smoothed down on the CS, and wear pattern where the leather would have rubbed the belt loops. There are traces of gold plating in the nooks and crannies on the back of it.
Can it be matched up to any examples in the Mullinax book? Were these for officers, NCO's, or plain cavalry? Were they for the sword belt, or waist belt?
Sincerely,
Bill Jensen