National Museum of American History, Behring Center

Confederate States of America Belt Plate

Date: about 1861

Catalog #: 60667M Accession #: 222708

Credit: Armed Forces History, Division of History of Technology, National Museum of American History

Dimensions / Weight

Dimensions: 2.25" H x 3.5" W x 0.25" D

Copper, oval shaped with a raised rim and raised “CS” in center.

A belt plate like this one would have been worn by a Confederate soldier.

Country: United States
War: Civil War