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

Plate4499-Maryland-303-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Maryland-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Maryland oval plate. Research Center: Plate4499-Maryland-303-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate4499-Maryland-303-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P3197 ### F1197 Maryland oval buckle, arrow hooks  A Very RARE, very Clean and Original Civil War Confederate States of America (CSA) Maryland Belt Buckle. This buckle is an oval measuring 3-1/4 x 2-1/8 . It is constructed of Bronze with a Lead filled back. It has the hooks for affixing to a belt. The piece is nicely made but it has some bending to the piece as evidenced in the pictures. The hooks were filed a bit by some idiot and some of the patina has been removed as a result. The buckle apparently is a very rare piece of early CW Confederate history. I have attached a few pictures for close up viewing. The piece is in overall VF to VF+ Condition. The piece is unmarked. A nice, Very Clean, Original piece of Confederate Civil War memorabilia. Winning Bidder to add $15.00 postage, insurance and handling. Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!! ebay auction by mitrov1 10/18/06  Original CW Confederate Maryland Belt Buckle - RARE!!!! Item number: 120041298635Editor note: This appears to be a cast plate, the back milled out, these arrow hooks soldered onto the back, an then lead filled. No arrow hook Maryland plate is likely to be authentic. The hooks on this buckle appear to be homemade at best. Research Center: Plate4499-Maryland-303-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3197 F1197 Picture only submitted.

P2863 ### Hanover Brass repro: Maryland Oval Box 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 # CSMD5 Plate 584 (1860 Oval Maryland Box Plate.) Marked GW. Reproduction is in the Charles Burnette collection. I cast 50 of these box plates and belt plates with knobs back in 1982. All the information on these plates are listed in a different section. The original had E.Gaylord where my reproduction does not. A very close reproduction. My solid brass buckles had the three hook style backing. Research Center: Plate4499-Maryland-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSMD5 civilwarfakes com

P2939 ### Maryland oval Belt Buckle manufactured by Hanover Brass Research Center: Plate4499-Maryland-303-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Hanover Brass

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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