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THB[CIVIL WAR] Rare South Carolina Breast Plate & Buckle
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LiveNov 22, 2025
This exclusive catalog presents a select offering from the personal collection of Alejandro "Alex" de Quesada Jr., renowned historian, author, and collector. The catalog features exceptionally rare swords, historically significant belt buckles and military insignia, original Civil War flags, and a wide range of ephemera representing pivotal moments in military history. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com
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A fine South Carolina state belt breast plate and buckle. Items include:
1. Rectangular South Carolina "Panel" plate. Die-stamped brass. Soldered brass belt hook, lacking soldered bar belt loop with two tongues. 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. Gavin 130; Kerksis 388-393; Mullinax 339-341
An 1840s-style South Carolina plate featuring the Palmetto emblem and an ornate foliate border. With a similar die as the shoulder plates (see #2), they were possibly from the same manufacturer and were almost certainly worn together as a set.
2. South Carolina breast plate, Type 1. Die-stamped brass face, lead-filled, brass pin. Diam. 2 1/2 in. Gavin 129; Kerksis 410; Mullinax 357.
A fine example of the well-cast pre-war shoulder plate featuring the South Carolina palmetto Nullification device. Kerksis places their production circa 1834. At least two die types are identified. This example (labeled Type 1 by Mullinax) exhibits a thicker base and a larger date.
Several examples exhibit various fasteners to the reverses, revealing their varied use on cartridge boxes, waist belts, and shoulder belts. This example has remnants of a pin & hook fastener, indicating it was intended for use with a cotton web shoulder belt. (c.f. Kerksis 406-410; Mullinax 355-361.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Relics, Militaria, Accouterment, Equipment, Uniforms]
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