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

Plate6399-Virginia-431-Wheeler-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Virginia-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Virginia rectangle plate, state seal, Mullinax illustration 432, Horstmann pattern, Fake from Dennis Wheeler, manufacture by Historical Reproductions. Research Center: Plate6399-Virginia-432-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate6399-Virginia-432-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P0691 ### FP0691 Virginia militia waist belt platePlate measures 49.8mm to 50.2mm (plate is not square) X 68.4mmThis is the Horstmann pattern, I bought this off of ebay, stupid me! It is believed that this plate was made by Historical Reproductions, below is the advertisement from their webpage: You will note that the logo of this producer is faintly produced on the tongue of this plate. The hooks on these original plates were very weak and most field recoveries are missing one or both of the hooks. The hooks were left on the faked plate, but the HR logo was filed off the tongue, and on close examination this alteration is visible. I doubt that the original producer made this alteration, somebody else along the way did this to conceal its identity. I have recently seen another one of these plates in which the hooks were removed altogether. After all, most of the field recoveries are missing the hooks, so seeing one of these reproductions missing the hooks is quite a clever trick! Item was purchased from:Dennis Wheeler The Civil War Shop 807 N Howe St. Southport NC 28461Mr Wheeler has now changed his venue, his new address is:Dennis Wheeler5017 B Lawndale DriveGreensboro, NC 27455Further he is continue to sell fakes on ebay, new handle is: cputrader60Editor note: I am told by other collectors in his area that this seller has a reputation for dealing in questionable items, and at least one collector that I spoke to claimed that he had personally been cheated by this guy. Further I am told that this dealer shut down his shop in Southport NC and has moved to Hickory NC or vicinity. So apparently this guy has changed his venue and is preying on the collectors of central NC! eFake handle is ncdealer  By the way, this dealer has about 20 positive feedbacks on eBay and no negative feedbacks. Is the eBay feedback system a farce? Research Center: Plate6399-Virginia-432-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P0691 FP0691

P2961 ### P2961 ### Posey Virginia rectangle Research Center: Plate6399-Virginia-432-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Posey Jeff

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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