PAIR OF EXTREMELY RARE CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT PLATES MADE BY LOUIS HAIMAN COLUMBUS GEORGIA.

SN NSN. This may be the only pair of both non-excavated varieties of Louis Haiman made sword belt plates extant. The enlisted pattern has a tag stating it was an early battlefield pick up from Chickamauga. The officers variety like the enlisted also has a beautiful patina and it retains traces of gold plate. Both varieties are pictured in Steve Mulinax’s definitive 1991 text Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates. The enlisted variety is identical to plate No.021 on p.18. The Officers variety is very close to plate No.017 on p.16. This is a marvelous pair of buckles that will probably never be offered again. PROVENANCE: Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Patinas are smooth and matching on both plates, a chocolate brown on enlisted, similar on officers but with worn brass highlights to high spots on wreath. Fit of button in wreath of officers buckle seems to be off, however as can be seen in photographs patina is quite similar though detail is crisper on wreath and this was probably a marriage of two fine parts. Keeper height on tongue is 48.5mm and 50mm on height of wreath keeper and 51mm on wreath. 4-54272 JS230 (6,000-9,000) – Lot 3290

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3290	$11,500.00	PAIR OF EXTREMELY RARE CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT PLATES MADE BY LOUIS HAIMAN COLUMBUS GEORGIA. SN NSN. This may be the only pair of both non-excavated varieties of Louis Haiman made sword belt plates extant. The enlisted pattern has a tag stating it was an early battlefield pick up from Chickamauga. The officers variety like the enlisted also has a beautiful patina and it retains traces of gold plate. Both varieties are pictured in Steve Mulinax’s definitive 1991 text Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates. The enlisted variety is identical to plate No.021 on p.18. The Officers variety is very close to plate No.017 on p.16. This is a marvelous pair of buckles that will probably never be offered again. PROVENANCE: Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Patinas are smooth and matching on both plates, a chocolate brown on enlisted, similar on officers but with worn brass highlights to high spots on wreath. Fit of button in wreath of officers buckle seems to be off, however as can be seen in photographs patina is quite similar though detail is crisper on wreath and this was probably a marriage of two fine parts. Keeper height on tongue is 48.5mm and 50mm on height of wreath keeper and 51mm on wreath. 4-54272 JS230 (6,000-9,000) – Lot 3290 Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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PAIR OF EXTREMELY RARE CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT PLATES MADE BY LOUIS HAIMAN COLUMBUS GEORGIA.