Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Luce Center
Sword belt w/sling: buckle: E. Pluribus unam
Object Number:
INV.11280
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 4 in. ( 94 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: inside scroll on plate: "E.PLURIBUS UNUM"
Description:
Leather and brass sword belt; black leather belt with loop near center suspending scabbard sling with brass end hook that fastens to sling suspended from leather frog on left side, and rectangular brass plate at right end that fastens to clip on left; plate has stamped eagle in center with shield on breast, branch in one talon and three arrows in other talon, and flanked by wreath at bottom with rayed background, thirteen stars, and inscription inside scroll at top.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
