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-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

P2834 ### Hanover Brass repro: Alabama 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 # CSAL12 Plate 216 (1859-1861 Alabama Belt Plate.) 54 x 86mm. Marked GW under the hook or near the back border. The original is in the Virginia Historical Society collection. There should never be a problem with any of the reproduction oval belt plates that I cast. The original was die stamped and lead filled. My reproductions of this and the other oval plates are solid cast brass. All of my fifty one years of collecting I have never seen a solid cast oval Alabama that was original. The originals are all die stamped and lead filled. I cast this Alabama and applied lead over the back of 50 of them in 1981. This type plate is discussed in the lead backing section. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-216-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSAL12 civilwarfakes com

P2838 ### Hanover Brass repro: Alabama 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 # CSAL16 Plate 216 (Alabama Belt Plate) 54 x 86mm's. Limited edition of 50 in 1982. Solid brass, brazed on hooks and lead coated. Thin coat of lead over the flat back to make this plate look lead filled just like the original. I cast a limited edition of 50 buckles. I do see these turn up as original sometimes. Pay close attention to the front hook and two knobs. The original knob was flat like a washer and lead coated. The front hook is different on the original. Look for shinny brass spots somewhere on the back where the lead did not take and the edge where the lead is above the rim. This Reproduction Alabama is in the Charles Burnette collection and he did not want the GW that I stamped in the knob when he purchased this buckle. The brass and lead age is 1982 till now. Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-216-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSAL16 civilwarfakes com

P3309 ### P3309 ### (F1309) ### Alabama map oval Hanover Brass (Duplicate listing P3309 and P3325). Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-216-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3309 F1309 Manufacture by Hanover Brass, Gary Williams Not owned picture only

P3325 ### P3325 ### (F1325) ### Alabama oval Hanover Brass (Duplicate listing P3309 and P3325). Research Center: Plate3099-Alabama-216-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3325 F1325 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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