Dixie RelicsDixie RelicsYOU WILL RECEIVE ONE OF THESE ORIGINAL SPRING STEEL BELT CLIPS . THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST DISCOVERIES FOUND AT THE VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI CIVIL WAR SHOW. A CRATE OF ORIGINAL PATENT 1865 CONFEDERATE GUNSMITH LOUIS HOFFMAN MARKED SPRING STEEL BELT CLIPS VICKSBURG MS. THIS ORIGINAL CRATE PICTURED WAS PULLED OUT OF LOUIS HOFFMAN'S SHOP MANY YEARS AGO AS IT WAS IN ITS BASEMENT. THE BELT CLIP PATENT WAS VERY UNIQUE AS IT CLIPPED TO AN EXISTING BELT AND YOU COULD CONCEAL CARRY. IT WAS PATENTED IN 1865 AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR. SOME BELIEVE THESE WERE USED LATE AND THRU THE US INDIAN WAR. LOUIS HOFFMAN HOLSTERS AT AUCTION HAVE BEEN HIGHLY PRIZED EXCEEDING $500. I HAVE PICTURED AN ORIGINAL POCKET COLT HOLSTER WITH THIS CLIP. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY FIREARM COLLECTION AND SOUTHERN MADE AS WELL. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG MS AND ITS HISTORY IN THE CONFEDERACY WAS FOUGHT VICIOUSLY FOR BY BOTH SIDES. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO VISIT VICKSBURG TRY TO STOP BY MY FRIEND CHARLES PENDELTON'S CIVIL WAR MUSEUM AND THE NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.