Original U.S. Civil War Union M1851 Federal Eagle EM NCO Belt Plate & Eagle Cartridge Box Plate Category_Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts The urge to collect artifacts

The urge to collect artifacts from veterans and to write and publish their recollections was also part of a contest over who would get to write the history of the Civil War

and is retained about 80%

The flare gun is typically used to produce a distress signal

which still retains most of the original plating

and the bakelite cup has a crack running about halfway down the body

Original U.S. Civil War Union M1851 Federal Eagle EM NCO Belt Plate & Eagle Cartridge Box Plate Category_Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts The urge to collect artifactsOriginal Items. Only One Set Available. This is a lovely set of Civil War plates, the first being a gorgeous M1851 Federal Eagle Enlisted man & Non Commissioned Officers belt plate set with silver wreath indicating wear by EM & NCOs, and a circular federal eagle cartridge box plate with both of its loops retained. These came with a small label reading WILDERNESS 1962, which would indicate that these were found together in 1962 at the site of the