Item No. 2004781

Original Civil War regulation brass double-tongue buckle for a U.S. cavalry carbine sling. Designed for the wide 2-inch leather shoulder sling used by cavalrymen to support carbines (such as Sharps, Spencer, and Burnside) via a snap hook. The original iron central bar and both iron tongues remain completely intact and original to the piece. Measures 3 1/4” in total height.

Excavated in 1987 at a Civil War encampment site near Millican, Texas (terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and key Confederate assembly point associated with Gen. Tom Green's Texas cavalry forces). Out of a long-held Texas estate collection.