VERY RARE CONFEDERATE “ROPE BORDER” BELT PLATE

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Dug condition stamped brass oval “rope border” belt plate. Unlike their US counterparts, these were not lead filled.  These are not commonly found and can most often be traced back to the contractor Magee and George of New Orleans.

The firm of Magee & George of New Orleans produced a die stamped “CS” plate that is known as the “rope border” style because of the beaded inner ring around the perimeter. It was made of heavy gauge sheet brass, had no solder filling, and its hooks were of scraps cut from the base material. When New Orleans fell, this production source ended. Most issues of these went to Rebs in the western and Trans-Mississippi theaters, although a very few made their way east, as archaeological recoveries show. Before the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, a member of the famous Missouri Brigade recalled receiving “…belts with CS on them,” which records show were part of the Magee & George output.

This example is in dug condition, recovered from an undetermined western theatre site several decades ago.  While it is curved, it measures 3.5” x 2.25”.  Its brass hooks are gone, with remnants of the soldiering remaining.  The rope border is lost to exposure, but some faint remnants are noted.

Another essential piece for the Confederate and Civil War collector. [cm][ph:L]

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