Union officers in the Civil War carried their sabers on the left side of their M-1851 leather sword belt. Those swords were worn both in combat and for dress occasions, and among the most iconic images of an officer wielding his saber in the field while wearing a sword belt is in the artist’s rendition of “Chamberlain’s Charge” down Little Round Top on the second day of the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. This US Union Army Civil War Officer M-1851 “Federal Eagle” Brass Buckled Leather Sword Belt is in Poor to Fair condition, with heavy cinching and wrinkling to the middle portion of the belt, heavy fragility, drying, and surface cracking to the remainder of the belt, the interior right sizing end of the belt having been secured with old metal wire, some patina to the brass front buckle, and with heavy overall age wear evident. Otherwise, the belt is in fair shape, with no other damage to the well worn black leather construction. Most interestingly, it measures about 36” long overall, sports both of the original black leather sizing loops, and boasts the original, beautifully mellowed brass “Federal Eagle” front buckle with a fully functional “tongue and loop” closure. An honest example of a very rare, original US Union Army Civil War Officer M-1851 “Federal Eagle” Brass Buckled Leather Sword Belt.