American Military and Naval Belts 1812-1902 by R. Stephen Dorsey

American Military and Naval Belts 1812-1902 by R. Stephen Dorsey. This book is the most comprehensive work on American Military and Naval Belts. The result of over 30 years' study and collecting, this book is the most comprehensive work on the subject ever presented to the collecting fraternity. Containing examples of SWORD BELTS; SABRE BELTS OF THE DRAGOONS; CAVALRY AND MOUNTED ARTILLERY; WAIST BELTS; SHOULDER BELTS and LOOPED AND NON-LOOPED CARTRIDGE BELTS; this work is an indispensable collectors' guide to the History, Construction, Materials, Dimensions, Buckles and Belt Plates and Special Notes of this most important accoutrement. With over 800 photos and illustrations, most of them in full colour, and with over 400 pages, this book establishes a new high-water mark on the subject. Belts from some of the finest private and public collections in the country are shown in the detail needed to identify and understand their place in American history. NUMEROUS OVERVIEWS provide the deve