Port Hudson Relics
"honoring the past by saving it for the future"
"honoring the past by saving it for the future"
Here is an excellent CS oval buckle, with rope borde complete with all hooks. This well made plate is typical to western armies. Kerksis plate 270. It was recently recovered in New Orleans. It has a slight hairline crack on bottom between C and S approximately 5/8 of an inch long. The plate is still solid and strong, the crack having no effect on the quality and strength of this find. The face is very smooth and free from blemishes. The photo looks as though it has specks all over it...that is from the light in the photo, this face is as smooth as a baby's bottom...Finding a CS plate at all is near impossible; finding them in this condition is incredibly rare. This is the real deal. (kb250002) $3850
US buckle, puppy paw style, rare medium size plate. Face has some build up on the edge, back is complete, solder oxidized, good solid plate. Note: Plate has had some repair done to it by the master Rober McDaniels (kb2131) $220
US buckle in superb dug condition, the face has an even chocolate brown patina and is in nearly mint condition, the reverse has the early style "puppy paw" stud hooks, it has full, slick lead except for some slight surface flaking around the rim; which doesn’t distract from the plate nor the integrity of the back, it has a good body curve, plates of this quality just are not found anymore (kb17504) $275
US cartridge box plate, excellent face, rich chocolate patina, back in very good shape has only one loop, b/m Boyd & Sons, Boston. (kb02601) $250
US cartridge box plate, very good face, minor pitting between U & S, back missing hooks, b/m WH Smith, Brooklyn, clean back. Dug Port Hudson. (Kb02002) $235
US cartridge box plate, excellent face, even chocolate patina, back has hooks, b/m WH Smith, Brooklyn, dug Port Hudson. (Kb02504) $325
US cartridge box plate, excellent face, loops on back. Rec’d by renown plate book author, Sidney Kerksis. Still has tag attached with date and location of recovery. “Russell’s Mill, Nov 1960, CS main line north” (kb25022) $295
