CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT, EX-FLAYDERMAN COLLECTION.
inv# 02-14942
This exact belt is pictured & described on pages 226-227 & 238 in Norm Flayderman’s text “The Bowie Knife”. Wreath belt loop is 49mm, tongue belt loop 50mm, wreath 50mm. There is Roman numeral “VI” cast in the back of tongue which is seen on other two-piece CS buckles. The maker is unknown & they are excavated in both the Eastern & Western theaters of war.