On View
Not on viewBelt Buckles
Date1800s
Terms
- Belt Buckles
- Brass
Dimensions5.72 × 8.26 cm (2 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Colonel George Lincoln Prescott (1941)
Object numberA2053.1C
DescriptionFour brass rectangular belt buckles (military) with same design: the seal of Massachusetts above crossed rifles/bayonets. The motto of Massachusetts runs on the ribbon underneath: "ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBERTATE QUIETUM". One of the four is badly tarnished.
Object number: M0413
Object number: 1997.9.2