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Civil War Sword Belt Plate

Object/Artifact

Sword buckle/belt plate of a Union Civil War officer, model 1851. Features and eagle with a shield on its chest and holding a laurel leaf in one hand and arrows in the other. Surrounded by laurel leaves, stars, and rays of sunshine, the eagles carries a banner "E. Pluribus Unum".

2025.24.003

Worn by officer Richard M. Dillon of LeRoy, New York. The museum also has in its collections his honorable discharge and company register.

Genesee Country Village and Museum

circa 1863

2 in

3-1/4 in

Brass

Dillon, Richard M.

LeRoy

New York

United States of America

North America

Civil War

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