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

Plate3200-California-000 California plate, state general use. Research Center: Plate3200-California-000 . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3200-California-000.html

Plate3211-California-338 California, two part waist belt plate. Research Center: Plate3211-California-338 . Reference: O’Donnell & Campbell, illustration 338.

Plate3221-California-v11 California rectangle belt plate, state seal Minerva with Eureka , sheet brass with applied motif hand stamped Plate depicts Minerva with symbols of mining and agriculture, with Eureka intended for California use. Buckle is hand made, not machine stamped, and was likely made for the gold mining trade and may or may not be military. Plate is made of sheet brass, the state seal has been hammered out of sheet brass,, then applied and appears to be soldered and secured with a wire through the plate, hook bar and tongue are soldered, it is a hand made buckle and not machine stamped, construction methods likely date the buckle to the 1850's. Research Center: Plate3221-California-v11 .

Plate3299-California-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION California, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Research Center: Plate3299-California-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate3299-California-000-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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