Item No. 2225053

A 3-inch Civil War star-and-shield cavalry breastcollar martingale of the variety used by Texas and Mississippi cavalry. This large-format variant consists of a sharply struck, stamped brass face shell filled with a solid poured-lead backing that retains remnants of its original attachment wires. The piece has a deep yellow-gold brass patina on the front while the reverse exhibits natural weathering with minor display-paste residue from a past collection.