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

Plate5599-Ohio-678-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Ohio-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Ohio, sword plate, this passed through the hands of several high collectors. Ridgeway bought it and it was discovered to be a fake, thanks to Mike ODonnell. The tipping point, was that it was simply too good of a piece, matching keeper patina, nothing ever comes out of the ground in parts looking like this. All of the previous owners made good on their commitment, and it now resides in the junk box of the first guy who bought this from the supposed digger. Gary Williams did provide the community with an explanation, but only years later, after it had passed through and burned several good collectors. Research Center: Plate5599-Ohio-678-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate5599-Ohio-678-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P0572 ### P0572 ### Ohio Militia sword belt plate to be returned Integral cast motiff, keeper is original.Turns out to be fake Williams, Gary cast this in 1979 for John Bracken.He stamped the letter Y in the center of the back and G in the keeper.This one fooled all the experts except Mike O'Donnell. Reference: O'Donnell & Campbell plate 678 Research Center: Plate5599-Ohio-678-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P0572 FP0572 Hammonds Terry

P2948 ### P2948 ### Ohio sword waist plate Hanover Research Center: Plate5599-Ohio-678-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Hanover Brass

P2887 ### Hanover Brass repro: Ohio Sword 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 # USOH1 Plate 679 (1861-1865 Ohio Sword Belt Plate.) 49 x 79mm. Marked GW and also a Y in the center back. Original is in the John Bracken collection. The flaw to look for in this plate is the Y in the center of the back. I also show my reproduction with the same applied hook as the original. This is the one that they would fake. I only apply the hook at the customers request. Most all my reproductions have the cast hook. That hook should be no problem because it is nothing like the stamped brass applied hook. My reproduction applied hook is also much thicker than the thin original hook. SIZE!! Research Center: Plate5599-Ohio-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # USOH1 civilwarfakes com

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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