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

Plate7399-Confederate-Oval-998-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate oval, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate oval, CS or CSA oval, bullet struck plates. Typical fakes are usually die struck and lead filled plates (verus cast), this because it is easier to pucnch a hole through thin sheet and lead than through a casting. Most employ fake plates to start with. The bullets often are real, but these are cheap and easy to come by. Any machine shop or auto body shop will have a supply of punches capable of making a hole. Some fakers do try to shoot the plate, but you have to be a pretty good shot to do this and space and distance are variables that are hard to regulate/ Research Center: Plate7399-Confederate-Oval-998-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate7399-Confederate-Oval-998-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P3136 ### F1136 Lead filled Oval CS bullet struck! I have a CS confederate belt buckle which has a large caliber slug embedded in the upper part of the S .The belt buckle is oval shaped and is about 3 1/4 long and is made of brass with lead filling and is very heavy.There is a lot of corrosion around the bullet and the brass has a dark patina.I bought this piece recently at an antique auction and do not have any specific history as to the origin and previous owner so please evaluate and bid accordingly using your best judgement. If anyone has any questions or would like other pictures, will be happy to respond by e-mail. Thank you for looking. Source: ebay auction by kathym71020 6/18/06 CIVIL WAR CS BELT BUCKLE WITH BULLET LODGED Item number: 6636408983 Editor note: Bullet struck CS bucklesI don't know who is making these plates, but this die, lead filled, sometimes arrow hook buckle, sometimes boxplate is popular amongst re-enactors. Neither existed during the Civil War. There are legitimate lead filled and arrow hooked buckles made during the Civil War, but they look nothing like these plates. Further, somebody has been selling quite a few of these plates with a bullet stuck part way through. I would love to see an engineering study to explain if this is even possible for a bullet to fly through the air, strike the plate, start to penetrate but then stop part way through, and apparently flying so fast that the base compresses as well! Geze!. That seems to be violating several laws of physics, not to mention common sense. But these things are sold routinely on ebay.To call this a fake would infer too high of a status for this piece of junk. Research Center: Plate7399-Confederate-Oval-998-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3136 F1136 Picture only submitted.

P2187 ### P2187 ### P2187.CS oval Bullet Struck Fake Research Center: Plate7399-Confederate-Oval-000-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Examination and photo

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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