03-15-2012, 09:49 PM
The Velsen in fact has 8 plates there is the buckle with its plate = 1 then the 2 frog plates = 2 then the plain plates = 5 giving a total of 8 plates in all.
All of these plates had been silvered bronze but then the soldier decided to have the plates up-graded with silver sheet applied to them, this may have been an up-grade when he got his very new pugio for the plates had been removed covered in silver sheet then re-fitted using the very same bellcaps.
All of these plates had been silvered bronze but then the soldier decided to have the plates up-graded with silver sheet applied to them, this may have been an up-grade when he got his very new pugio for the plates had been removed covered in silver sheet then re-fitted using the very same bellcaps.
Brian Stobbs
