William Wit
Private
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2017
- Location
- Charleston SC
Thanks for any assistance in advance. I’ve recently acquired these and am having trouble penning down their age.
This first one was listed as “early US Navy”:
https://imgur.com/a/gM0wN
This one was listed as “1880s”:
https://imgur.com/a/M2HFd
Not looking to sell these so I’m really just wanting to know how old they are. The first one has a left facing eagle and 6 cannonballs at the bottom, and the second one has a right facing eagle with 3 cannonballs. I was reading that the left/right facing eagle depends on whether we’re at war or not but that could be wrong.
Anyways, thanks for any help! I found several books about Navy buckles on Amazon but I really don’t want to pay $40 for a book I’ll need for a few minutes.
This first one was listed as “early US Navy”:
https://imgur.com/a/gM0wN
This one was listed as “1880s”:
https://imgur.com/a/M2HFd
Not looking to sell these so I’m really just wanting to know how old they are. The first one has a left facing eagle and 6 cannonballs at the bottom, and the second one has a right facing eagle with 3 cannonballs. I was reading that the left/right facing eagle depends on whether we’re at war or not but that could be wrong.
Anyways, thanks for any help! I found several books about Navy buckles on Amazon but I really don’t want to pay $40 for a book I’ll need for a few minutes.