Ridgeway Civil War Research Center A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War
	Civil War Plates and Buckles
	by Harry Ridgeway

Plate3099-Alabama-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama two part plate, Mullinax illustrations 210 or 211. This is JS Smith design, oak leaf wreath. Gary Williams made multiple versions. One version involved the tongue from Ridgeway collection, a tongue dug by Steve Baker and photographed in Crouch book. The original of this buckle remains in the Ridgeway collection, and regrettably Gary Williams was allowed to copy it. These copies seem to have been used extensively for fakes. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama two part plate, Mullinax illustrations 212 or 213. This is another prewar design, laurel leaf wreath. Gary Williams made multiple versions. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-212-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama two part plate, Mullinax illustration 214. The example shown in Mullinax book was owned by Walt Lineberger at the time. It is now known to be a fantast, this plate was recalled by Shannon Pritchard and shown to experts, Shannon says he destroyed it. So the only picture surviving may be the picture in Mullinacx book. Long after Mullinax book was published, Gary Williams explained how he made this pattern out of cardboard, and brags about how he fooled Mullinax into listing this in his book as a rarity 10. This is typical of the deceit practiced by Gary Williams over and over again. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-214-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama two part plate, AVC, pure Gary Williams fantasy. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-214-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

Plate3099-Alabama-215-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama sword plates, Mullinax illustration 215. Hanover Brass used different examples for their master and made multiple versions. The example stated as Butafuso collection, was actually owned originally by Hicklen and Mullinax, sold to Ridgeway, a picture of it is shown in the Ridgeway Reference center. It was eventually sold to Bill Hays and ended up with Butafuso. Along the way it got copied. However that plate was rough condition and pitted, Williams eventually found a better example to copy and most of the fakes are from the better original. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-215-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-215-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

Plate3099-Alabama-216-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama oval, map on tree, Mullinax illustration 217 Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-216-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-216-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

Plate3099-Alabama-217-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Alabama oval, AVC Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-217-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3099-Alabama-217-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

This is the "Ridgeway Civil War Research Center", a research tool for educational purposes only, and is provided at no cost to the reader. Some of the relics listed are retained in the author's collection, most reside in other collections and are not owned by the author. None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to relicman.com sales listings for items offered for sale. This is a work in progress, I list items as I get to them, there are many patterns that are not listed yet, this list will be regularly updated as I get pictures and descriptions for more items. I will also correct mistakes, so if you see any please tell me. All items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described. Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.This information is available for research purposes, pictures may be used by permission only.

Most information on this page is from:
Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795 - 1874, by Sydney C. Kerksis.
Confederate Belt Buckles & Plates, by Steve E Mullinax.
American Military Belt Plates, by Michael J. O'Donnell & J.Duncan Campbell.

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