Fakes, reproductions, replicas, an investigative report, by Harry Ridgeway

Fakes, reproductions, replicas,
Confederate buttons, S&S Firearms

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Items shown on this page have no counterparts in the literature of period pieces.  In other words, nothing like this was believed to have existed during the Civil War, these are referred to as "fantasy" pieces, meaning modern "artistic" productions of items that could be imagined to have been used in the Civil War but were not.

F1476      Various buttons , manufactured by S&S Firearms  
 
S&S is the top supplier of re-enactment supplies, and they make many different patterns of buttons.  This is just a sample.  The buttons are die stamped but the backs are modern.     

Editor note: Buttons were obtained directly from S&S Firearms, as a sample of their production to be used in this presentation. 

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