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INDIAN WARS, M1872, WAIST BELT PLATE, HAGNER PATTERN, WITH KEEPER, ORIGINAL
Design & Construction: The plate features a rectangular brass body with a raised rectangular border framing a central horizontal oval. Inside the oval, raised block letters read \"US\".
Reverse Features: The back of the main plate shows a heavy, hand-soldered vertical tongue (hook) used to secure the belt, along with a narrow slot on the opposite end. Faint inspector or maker hallmark letters (\"O.F.\") are visible stamped near the right-hand slot on the reverse.
Keeper Loop: The accompanying matching brass keeper piece includes an integrated loop slot and a tongue-receiving cutout, characteristic of mid-19th-century officer sword belt rigging systems designed to manage belt slings and prevent shifting.
Patina & Wear: The brass displays an authentic aged patina with scattered surface scratches, minor casting texture, and handling wear consistent with period-authentic military accoutrements.
Named after Colonel Peter V. Hagner, the commanding officer of the Watervliet Arsenal, this style of solid cast-brass rectangular plate featuring the raised \"US\" within a raised oval and border was developed for experimental field trials and subsequently issued and utilized by U.S. troops during the post-Civil War Indian Wars period.
Reference:
American Military Belt Plates, Michale J. O’Donnell & J. Duncan Campbell
The U.S. Army in the West, 1870-1880, Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment, Douglass C. McChristian
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