[CIVIL WAR]. Non-commissioned officer's belt equipped with a Model 1851 enlisted sword belt plate and cap pouch, identified to Company G, 17th Regiment, Invalid Corps.

Approx. 33 in. blackened buff belt with brass keeper and 3 3/8 x 2 in. cast brass eagle plate with 3-piece applied silver wreath and narrow tongue (generally light wear to leather; plate with some loss to silver wreath and spots of oxidation throughout; bench numbers do not match, 658 and 224). Identification stenciled to belt interior: "Co. G. 17th. Regt. I.C. No. 37." 

Cap pouch with outer flap bearing applied brass numerals reading "17" and integral latch tab (crackling and surface wear including some loss and spots of separation to leather throughout, specifically to latch tab; missing wool and pick). Inner flap stamped, "E. Gaylord, Chicopee, Mass." Belt loops and pointed brass finial present and complete.


The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann