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-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION North Carolina, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION NC 6th infantry, Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate5499-NorthCarolina-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P3499 ### P3499 ### (F1499) ### North Caroolina 6th Infantry relic underground P3499 ### (F1499) ### North Caroolina 6th Infantry relic underground Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3499 F1499 Picture only submitted.

P2217 ### P2217 ### P2217.NC 6th inf stick pin P2217 ### P2217.NC 6th inf stick pin Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Picture only submitted.

P2256 ### P2256 ### P2256.NC 6th Inf Michelle Bloomfield P2256 ### P2256.NC 6th Inf Michelle Bloomfield Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Bloomfield Michelle

P2598 ### P2598 ### NC 6th Inf repro Hendricks P2598 ### NC 6th Inf repro, Hendricks used this repro to screen out fakes, and allowed it to be shared in this study. His collection has a very nice authentic 6th NC. Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Hendricks Jake

P2885 ### Hanover Brass repro: North Carolina 6th Regt. 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 # CSNC10 Plate 344 (1861 6th North Carolina Regt.) 50 x 73mm's. Cast and applied hooks just as the original. Back in 1971 Fred Felt and Eddie Wilder made up a 6th Inf. pattern for me to cast fifty buckles for them. They wanted them not finished, in the rough. Believe it or not they did a great job making the master pattern. All was made by handwork and very close to the original. They cut the hooks from copper and soldered them to the back just as the original. I see these faked often today. What to look for is the buckle is thicker than the original and the black paint id different. These are very close and Fred Felt passed away a couple years ago but you can still contact Eddie Wilder and ask his blessing or not. He attends most civil war shows and is very active in relic hunting. I consider him a friend and truthful person. His also relic hunts with Bob B. This reproduction is in the Charles Burnette collection and aged with time. Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSNC10 civilwarfakes com

P2969 ### P2969 ### NC 6th Infantry on belt Downey P2969 ### NC 6th Infantry on belt Downey Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-340-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Downey Richard

P3344 ### North Carolina 6th Inf F1344 North Carolina 6th InfPlate measures 49.7mm X 71.5mm Plate has cast in hooks The owner of this buckle died, the estate executor submitted this for evaluation. It was a small collection, most of the expensive buckles were fakes, most of the cheap ones (US buckles and breast plates) were real. I am certain this collector thought they were all real. Unfortunately he has taken information as to the sourcing to his grave.  Research Center: Plate5499-NorthCarolina-999-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3344 F1344 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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