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

Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-009-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate, two part plate, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate two part plate, CS two part buckle. Design mixture of Virginia style tongue, modified to use tall keeper, along with Leech and Rigdon wreath, tall keeper. The whole thing is a Gary Williams Frankstein made for John Turner to market. A real piece of sh..... Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-009-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-009-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P0752 ### Relicman bought this plate from John Turner in 2002, along with several others, they turned out to be fakes too probably, this one was retained because it seemed to be a variant I had not seen. You were silent as Turner was marketing these plates, I do not find any indication that you attempted to warn collectors, or that you marked these plates in any way to distinguish them. At the time Turner was thought to have had a big collection of terrific buckles, indeed he won many awards for his buckle displays, including Best of Show award in 1999 at the Dalton show for his display of his Confederate plates. Mullinax and O'Donnell featured his name in the Confederate book nearly 20 times. Now you tell us that you made multiple copies of his plates, which you gave to him and isn't it convenient that you told him you gave him repros. Does that clear you? For all those years you were silent. Now we know that many of these buckles were fake and that the two of you worked together to disguise and conceal the true identity of them. Blame it on the book men who were naive, (yes they missed it or turned a blind eye), blame it on the greed of the dealers, (yep they sold these plates and produced letters and some of them made lots of money) blame it on the stupidity and naivete of the collectors (yes, I am one of them), but what is common to all these fakes, you made them. Shame on you, Gary Williams!!!!!!  Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-009-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Measurements: Tongue keeper 54.7mm, wreath keeper 54mm, wreath 42.8mm. P0752 FP0752

P2666 ### Hanover Brass repro: CS two part. 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 # CS2P30 Plate 009 & 036 mixed. (variant tall belt loops) CS Two Piece Belt Plate. 54 x 82/wreath ht.43mm. Stamped GW in the back of tongue. From the John Turner collection. This was probably cast by a small foundry in Tennessee. This is the only one I have seen. The CS center is the bar type Virginia style. This belt plate should not be a problem. Check out the flaws. Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-009-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CS2P30 civilwarfakes com

P3160 ### P3160 ### (F1160) ### CS two-part tall keepers, fantasy Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-009-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3160 F1160 Picture only submitted.

P3328 ### P3328 ### (F1328) ### CS two-part tall loops Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-009-v2-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3328 F1328 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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