COLOR PHOTOS OF THE ORIGINAL MID-ATLANTIC TITLE BELT
IN SERVICE OCT 1973 - SPRING 1975
Color photos
of the original Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight title belt are very rare.
The photos below of Johnny Valentine wearing the original title belt
illustrate better what this belt actually looked like.
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The main plate is two pieces, a nickel
plated flange piece with a painted relief plate mounted to it. The
relief plate is painted gold and red.
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The knight-head in the center is is not
painted gold, and appears silver in color, and may be the polished
zinc unpainted main plate.
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The paint color behind the two ribbons at top
and bottom of the belt behind the words "WRESTLING"
and "CHAMPION"
is red.
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The side plates next to the main plate
are polished zinc relief plates mounted on nickel plated flange
pieces.
Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Johnny
Valentine (1974)
CLOSE-UP IMAGE OF THE MAIN PLATE
The original Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight
Championship belt was made from the same art work used for the original
Florida Heavyweight championship belt established in 1966, a design
commonly known as the "knight head" belt. The only artwork
difference in this Mid-Atlantic belt and the Florida belt was the word
"Florida" changed to "Mid-Atlantic." The side plates were also identical
to the side plates on the Missouri heavyweight title belt, also crafted
around the same time as the Florida title.
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