Equipment US
US Civil War Cartridge Box Sling Plate, "Yankee Breast Plate"
Equipment US
US Civil War Cartridge Box Sling Plate, "Yankee Breast Plate"

Item #53707 : Original era manufacture. Lead filled brass circular plate which was lost during the Civil War and then field recovered many decades later somwhere in the South. The individual who discovered this artifact noted on the reverse "Yankee Breast Plate". Nice detail to the obverse with a deep plum colored patina.
Photos of Equipment US US Civil War Cartridge Box Sling Plate, "Yankee Breast Plate"

