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

Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate frame, FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION Confederate, frame waist belt plate, standard style, Mullinax illustrations 173. Frame buckles are difficult to authenticate, Sizes vary significantly because many different sizes were made, and the finishing of the long edges can cause measurement to vary considerably one end to the other. Reliablity of source matters, but this is soft evidence at best. So frame plates shown in this section have been questioned , but these questions are just opinions, are seldom unanamous, and so authenticty is not certain. You take a look and see what you think. Research Center: Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Details click: http://relicman.com/plates/Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION.html

P3227 ### F1227 Confederate standard frame buckle, manufactured by Tim ParsleyPlate measures 62.6mm to 63.0mm (plate is not square) X 73.5mmEditor note: Plate was obtained directly from Tim Parsley as a sample of his production to be used in this presentation.  Research Center: Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3227 F1227 Picture only submitted.

P2604 ### Hanover Brass repro: Frame 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 # CSGP28 Plate 173 (Standard) Frame Belt Plate. 63 x 72mm. GW stamped in the back. As will all other frames, this plate is 2 mm smaller than the original but there are other plates of the same type that are smaller than this plate. You will need to pick out flaws and use them to spot the fakes. This is one of my best selling frames and they all look the same. Research Center: Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP28 civilwarfakes com

P2605 ### Hanover Brass repro: Frame 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 # CSGP29 Plate 173 (variant) (Standard) Frame Belt Plate. 61 x 70mm. This Frame is the same type as the plate 173 but much smaller. This Frame should not be faked. Look at all the casting flaws in the back. There are many of them and should match up with any other of this type. GW stamped in the back. Research Center: Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP29 civilwarfakes com

P2606 ### Hanover Brass repro: Frame 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 # CSGP30 Figure 276 (Keims Accoutrement Plates book) (Standard) Frame Belt Plate. 55 x 65mm. Original dug by Wesley Smith who also cast many reproduction buckles at his buckle foundry. This plate is a variant. Another very close copy. GW stamped in the face. Research Center: Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP30 civilwarfakes com

P2607 ### Hanover Brass repro: Frame 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 # CSGP31 Figure 238 (Keims Accoutrement Book) (Standard) Frame Belt Plate (variant) 60 x 68mm. GW stamped in the back. Original dug by Charles Burnette and is in his collection. This is a very close belt plate . Some of these Frame buckle can only be compared by size if you cannot find a flaw to use as your reference. Research Center: Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . Photo # CSGP31 civilwarfakes com

P3134 ### F1134 Confederate standard frame buckle  This is a very nice example of a dug Confederate Frame style buckle. It has no ground distortion, a pleasant mottled green patina, no ground action, shows distinct file marks and is typical of what most Confederate soldiers used. This buckle was recovered from the Fredericksburg area, and is pretty much the exact style shown as Figure 281, page 178 of Keim's book on Confederate General Service Belt Plates. This one measures 62mm by 69mm. No reserve on this so it is going. Need to pay some school tuition. Here is an opportunity to obtain a genuine piece of Civil War Confederate history from an area of Virginia that saw a lot of that history. Buyer pays shipping cost of $4.50. The pictures pretty much tell the story. Thanks for lookingSource ebay auction by cracktick 6/30/06 Very Nice Dug CS Frame Buckle, Fredericksburg, NR Item number: 320000778809 Editor note: This seller sells on ebay auction under Private Auction . It is highly doubtful this piece can be shown to be authentic.Plates 175 to 183 tongued framesThe original buckle was crude sand cast, often not square, and is easy to fake. Research Center: Plate7499-Confederate-Frame-173-FAKE-FANTASY-REPRODUCTION . P3134 F1134 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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