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Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!) |
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I am a collector buying and selling authentic Civil War Relics |
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This page updated January 07, 2008 |
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Fakes, reproductions, replicas,
Federal plates 676 to 679
Ohio Sword plates
Various different patterns are included under this heading. Most are cast plates, applied motif
P0572 Ohio Militia
sword belt plate
Integral cast motif, digger claimed this plate was found in 1999 along with
original keeper. Turns out to be fake.
Buckle was produced in 1979, using O'Donnell & Campbell Plate 678 as the
pattern. Somebody then "planted" this buckle in the ground for
20 years. It may have been innocently dug by the digger 20 years
later, in 1999. By then it had developed a beautiful dug patina that
nobody could question. Indeed this buckle initially passed muster with
most of the experts, including some authors, dealers, and several collectors with
major buckle collections. Indeed it passed through the hands of three very
well known Tennessee dealers before I bought it. Lest you think the
Tennessee dealers are naive, it passed muster with most of the Virginia dealers
I showed it too as well, they just did not get to own it. An exhaustive effort to trace back to the source
led to the manufacturer, Hanover Brass. Here is a piece that I bought from
Hanover Brass, all the
details matched exactly.
Editor note: This buckle was sent back to the Tennessee dealer that sold it to me, and each of the previous dealers in the ownership chain refunded the sale without argument. That is of course till it got to the last guy who had bought it from the supposed digger!
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