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

Plate6199-Texas-324-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Texas-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Texas or star, sword plates Research Center: Plate6199-Texas-324-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate6199-Texas-324-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P3114 ### Texas sword plate F1114 Texas sword plate  AUCTION IS FOR A AUTHENTIC DUG CIVIL WAR TEXAS STAR RECTANGLE BELT PLATE. THIS IS A SUPER NICE PIECE W/ A WONDERFUL RICH DUG PATINA. SLIGHT BEND ON THE LOOP, AND ENTIRE PLATE HAS A WEAR BEND. THIS WAS EXCAVATED NEAR RICHMOND VA ON PRIVATE LAND IN THE LATE 1980's BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHOM I BOUGHT THE BUCKLE FROM ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PLATES AND BUTTONS. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PIECE AND I WILL ANSWER THEM TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. A 3 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD WILL BE ALLOWED ON THIS PIECE AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED AS THIS IS A GUARANTTED GENUINE PIECE. US SHIPPING WILL BE $6.00, THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK.........................................................-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Jul-08-06 at 19:42:51 PDT, seller added the following information: I FORGOT TO MENTION, THIS BOOK CAN BE REFERENCED IN THE MULLINAX BOOK PAGE 179 PLATE 324 THIS PARTICULAR PLATE MEASURES 48MM X 77MM +/- @ 1MM, I DONT HAVE MICS, SO I CANNOT PERFECTLY MEASURE THE PLATE, BUT THIS IS EXTREMELY CLOSE Source ebay auction 7/12/06 by vintage_comics_and_collectibles AUTHENTIC DUG CIVIL WAR TEXAS STAR RECTANGLE BELT PLATE Item number: 250005107742 Editor note: This seller sells on ebay auction under Private Auction . I do not know who made this plate, but apparently they made it from photos, I do not believe the original has ever been copied. The original is in my possession and it is not going to be copied as long as I have it! So here you have an attempt to copy a plate, it is at best a very poor reproduction, and an even more lame fake! If you need a smoking gun to go after this guy, this is it, there is no way possible this guy could have the original, this is certainly not it. It is highly doubtful this piece can be shown to be authentic. Research Center: Plate6199-Texas-324-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3114 F1114 Picture only submitted.

P2905 ### Hanover Brass repro: Texas 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 # CSTX8.Photo # CSTX8 Plate 324 (Texas Sword Belt Plate) 45 x 74mm's. Marked GW. The original of this reproduction had a silver star and applied silver wreath. My reproduction is cast with a red or yellow star and applied silver wreath. This buckle should not be a problem. Original had a applied hook, my hook is cast. There is no bench no. in the original. Research Center: Plate6199-Texas-324-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSTX8 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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