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-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

P3272 ### P3272 ### (F1272) ### Alabama two-part Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3272 F1272 ebay sales listing Not owned picture only

P2166 ### Alabama map tongue, Pritchard owned, asked several experts to examine this piece, vote was generally negative but not unanamous. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Pritchard fakes file shared

P2823 ### Hanover Brass repro: Alabama Two Piece Belt Plate. This is an example of Hanover Brass commercial grade reproduction, the plate has been produced in quantity, sold to the living history market, and is generally readily available. The product has also been used as feedstock for fakes, with chemical aging and other alterations. Gary Williams has provided the following pictures and explanation: Photo # CSAL1 Plate 213 (Alabama Two Piece Belt Plate) 47 x 87mm. Marked GW inside the center piece. The original of this was a Confederate Foundry copy of a pre-war plate. It is a very crude casting and a lot of the detail is not there. My reproduction is very close to the original and I see this plate faked often. Look at the flaw in the map. It sinks in and you can use this and many other casting flaws for your reference. Remember that my reproductions is 2 or more mm's smaller and all will have the same flaws. There is a sand flaw on the right side, center of the disc. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSAL1 civilwarfakes com

P2826 ### Hanover Brass repro: Alabama Two Piece Belt Plate. This is an example of Hanover Brass commercial grade reproduction, the plate has been produced in quantity, sold to the living history market, and is generally readily available. The product has also been used as feedstock for fakes, with chemical aging and other alterations. Gary Williams has provided the following pictures and explanation: Photo # CSAL4 Plate 212 (Alabama Two Piece Belt Plate) 47 x 85mm. Marked GW. I copied my master pattern from an original in the 1970's Go by the 2mm smaller size and find a flaw. The original had a die stamped disc. My reproduction is solid cast. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSAL4 civilwarfakes com

P2827 ### Hanover Brass repro: Alabama Two Piece Belt Plate. This is an example of Hanover Brass commercial grade reproduction, the plate has been produced in quantity, sold to the living history market, and is generally readily available. The product has also been used as feedstock for fakes, with chemical aging and other alterations. Gary Williams has provided the following pictures and explanation: Photo # CSAL5 Plate 212 Variant (Alabama Two Piece Belt Plate) 48 x 88mm. Marked GW. The original of this plate was cast just as my reproduction. There are plenty of casting flaws to use as your reference. I did a little detail work on the disc of the master pattern. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSAL5 civilwarfakes com

P3007 ### F1007 Alabama 2-Piece Belt Buckle manufactured by Hanover Brass This reproduction Alabama plate was cast from an original. The original was a Confederate copy of a pre-war Alabama state militia 2- piece, this is why it is a crude casting since the Conferate makers, in their haste, lost much of the finer details of the original pre-war buckle. Still a desirable buckle with it's crude Confederate look. A beautiful belt plate. Cast in yellow brass. . Source: ebay auction by jaglady00 3/12/06 1861 Alabama 2-Piece Belt Buckle Plate Item number: 6611626409 Editor note: jaglady00 is Hanover Brass, items sold as reproductions.  Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3007 F1007 Manufacture by Hanover Brass, Gary Williams Not owned picture only

P3099 ### F1099 Alabama 2-Piece Belt Buckle, crude pattern manufactured by Hanover Brass  This reproduction Alabama plate was cast from an original. The original was a Confederate copy of a pre-war Alabama state militia 2- piece, this is why it is a crude casting since the Conferate makers, in their haste, lost much of the finer details of the original pre-war buckle. Still a desirable buckle with it's crude Confederate look. A beautiful belt plate. Cast in red brass. Source: ebay auction by jaglady00 3/12/06 1861 Alabama 2-Piece Belt Buckle Plate Crude Confederate casting Item number: 6626586608 Editor note: jaglady00 is Hanover Brass, items sold as reproductions.  Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3099 F1099 Manufacture by Hanover Brass, Gary Williams Not owned picture only

P3101 ### F1101 Alabama 2-Piece Belt Buckle This reproduction Alabama two piece plate was cast from an original. Source: ebay auction by jaglady00 3/12/06 1861 Alabama 2-Piece Belt Buckle Plate Item number: 6626631463 Editor note: jaglady00 is Hanover Brass, items sold as reproductions.  Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-210-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3101 F1101 Manufacture by Hanover Brass, Gary Williams Not owned picture only

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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