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-996-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate, two part plate, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate two part plate, CS two part buckle, John Turner special Turner, with Gary Williams help, have fitted varous tongues with a wreath that is probably a fantasy. For years Turner was marketing these plates, all unlisted, various patterns, all with this same wreath. The wreath is probably a fantasy cobbled together from something else, really cannot place this wreath on any real buckles. Note warnings from Gary Williams. The plates that Turner had were all nicely aged. About all you could say about them is that they were unlisted and different! Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-996-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-996-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P2667 ### 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 # CS2P31 Kerkis Figure 258 CS Two Piece Belt Plate. 51 x 79mm. Original from the John Turner collection. I do not think you should have a problem with this plate. You should never see many of this type. Check out casting flaws. GW stamped in back of tongue. Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-996-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CS2P31 civilwarfakes com

P2668-9 ### 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 # CS2P32 Plate ???? (one of a kind) CS Two Piece Belt Plate. 51 x 79mm. Original from the John Turner collection. This is what the Confederate foundries did when it came to making a buckle set work. They took the Culpeper tongue and made it fit a coin style wreath. The original was dug in Tennessee. Another belt plate that should not be a fake problem but if it is, check out the casting flaws. GW stamped in the back of the tongue. Research Center: Plate7199-Confederate-TwoPart-996-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CS2P32 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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