Buckle, Belt
- Object Name:
- Buckle, Belt
- Object ID:
- 2003.015.03
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Belt buckle. United States Navy, brass. Belonged to Commodore George Hamilton Perkins. Domed, circular center with vertically-oriented rectangles on either side. Center design consists of an eagle holding an anchor. Center surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. Oak leaves and acorns also on each rectangle. Reverse plain, depression in center. Loop on one rectangle which runs along its length. Flat piece of brass projects from other rectangle, folded over so that cross section is L-shaped, curved edge.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-2 W-3 D-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is descendent of Commodore George Hamilton Perkins (1835-1899) of Contoocook, NH. Perkins was promoted to commodore in 1896.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Timothy W. Woodman
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