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

Plate5499-NorthCarolina-335-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION North Carolina, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION NC two part, with NC Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-335-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate5499-NorthCarolina-335-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P3293 ### North Carolina two-part Belt Buckle Savage special F1293 North Carolina 2-Piece Belt Buckle Editor note: This was taken from a webpage, savage station.com. This seller, Ric Savage, his real name is Frank Huguelet, says he withdrew it from his webpage and returned it to its source. However he will not disclose who made it or where he got it, yet he had more than one of these plates that he attempted to market. At this point I do not know who made this buckle. Hanover Brass denies being the maker and it is not shown on civilwarfakes.com. It is highly doubtful that this piece can be shown to be authentic.  Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-335-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3293 F1293 Picture only submitted.

P2055 ### P2055 ### NC two-part, publish this on fakes Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-335-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Bradshaw Jason

P2877 ### Hanover Brass repro: North Carolina 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 # CSNC2 Plate 335 (1861-1865 North Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate.) 47 x 86/wreath ht. 48mm. Hand finished so size will vary. Marked GW. Original is in the John McAden collection. This is a very close copy of the original. Use the line on the tongue belt bar loop as a good reference. Study this reproduction and find casting flaws that you can use as your reference. This is a very rare plate. Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSNC2 civilwarfakes com

P2879 ### Hanover Brass repro: North Carolina 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 # CSNC4 Plate Fantasy (North Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate.) FANTASY Marked GW. This master pattern N C was made by me in the late 1960's. I have seen it faked often and also it has been on Civil War magazine covers. I took the CS two piece and filed the CS letters off. I applied with silver solder a cut out N C. First I marked the disc of the tongue with shallow cut marks before I applied the letters. It is very easy to tell this belt plate. The letters are all shaped wrong compared to the original Civil War NC tongue. This plate has been around a long time and I have seen it with authenticity letters saying it is 100% correct. This should get the records straight and stop the faking of this NC pattern. I now have copies of an original but still cast this pattern for sale. Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSNC4 civilwarfakes com

P2881 ### Hanover Brass repro: North Carolina 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 # CSNC6 Plate 336 (1861-1865 North Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate.) 45 x 84/wreath ht.46mm. Marked GW under the tongue disc. This is a very close copy and you need to use the casting flaws for your reference. The original master pattern for this belt plate was a CS two piece turned into a NC. This is one you need to study. Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSNC6 civilwarfakes com

P2980 ### P2980 ### NC two-part on belt Downey Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-332-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Downey Richard

P3042 ### North Carolina two-part Belt Buckle manufactured by Hanover Brass F1042 North Carolina 2-Piece Belt Buckle manufactured by Hanover Brass This reproduction North Carolina plate was cast from an original. Cast in yellow brass. A very rare plate. The original is pictured in the buckle books. Source: ebay auction by jaglady00 4/14/06 1861 North Carolina 2-Piece Belt Buckle Plate original pictured in the buckle books Item number: 6620846154 Editor note: jaglady00 is Hanover Brass, items sold as reproductions.  Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-335-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3042 F1042 Picture only submitted.

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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