Item Number: C00039

Item Title: Eagle breastplate with impeccable provenance -- found behind USCT lines

Price: $175

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: US

Dug? : Yes

Hooks? : No

Markings:

Construction:

Location Recovered: Fort Blakeley, AL

Description:
US eagle breastplate with a nice greenish patina. This note was rolled up and stuck in the hooks:

"(Fou)nd in Union army camp about 1200 yards behind USCT lines -- Blakeley October 14, 1979"

I only opened this note a few minutes ago and was pleased to see the reference to the US Colored Troops. Their lines were at the North end of the Fort Blakeley battlefield.