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

Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-118-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate, rectangle plate, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate sword belt plates Research Center: Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-118-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-118-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P2611 ### Hanover Brass repro: CSA 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 # CSGP1Plate 119 CSA Sword Belt Plate. 49 x 82mm. Stamped GW in the back. Original is in the Virginia Historical Society collection. This is a very rare sword belt plate. I do not think this would be faked but maybe. Check out the casting flaws. Notice where I rubbed out the bench no. in the sand mold on the keeper. Research Center: Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP1 civilwarfakes com

P2612 ### Hanover Brass repro: CS 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 # CSGP2 Plate 121 CS Sword Belt Plate. 47 x 81mm. GW stamped in the back. Original is in the Virginia Historical Society collection. This is a very rare plate. There are casting flaws in the face that you can use as a reference. Research Center: Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP2 civilwarfakes com

P2613 ### Hanover Brass repro: CS 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 # CSGP3 Plate 120 CS Sword Belt Plate 47 x 81mm. GW stamped in the back. Original is in the Virginia Historical Society collection. This is a rare plate that you see as original but is usually one of my reproductions. Check for some flaw that you can notice. Research Center: Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP3 civilwarfakes com

P2614 ### Hanover Brass repro: CSA 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 # CSGP4 Figure 55 (Howard Crouch Repo Book.) CSA Sword Belt Plate. GW stamped in the back. 47 x 81mm. This belt plate is not Civil War period. You see them at shows as original but probably date around early 1900's. It is cast from the 1872 Hagner plate. Research Center: Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP4 civilwarfakes com

P2632 ### Hanover Brass repro: CS 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 # CSGP23 Plate (FANTASY) CS Sword Belt Plate. 42 x 65mm. GW marked in the back. I cast this CS plate in the 1960's before I copied the original that's in the Virginia Historical Society. I still cast and sell this plate because it is a very good seller. John, who lives in Wilmington, N.C. and maker of the Double Eagle metal detector use to cast buckles in the 1960's and gave me this pattern. There never was an original like this but a fantasy made up by John. This plate should not be a problem. Research Center: Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP23 civilwarfakes com

P2633 ### Hanover Brass repro: CSA 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 # CSGP24 Plate (FANTASY) CSA Sword Belt Plate 47 x 82mm. Marked GW. This CSA sword belt plate was made up by Gary Williams in 1969. I copied the plate 119 in the Virginia Historical Society in 1981. This plate was made up to look like that plate. I have cast many of this plate and still cast it today. It still sells just as good as the copy of the original. You should not have a problem with this plate but if you do there are many flaws to use as your reference. Research Center: Plate7299-Confederate-Rectangle-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP24 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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