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Below are a few more of the many items we reproduce, for a complete listing of our products check out our catalog.

Any of the buckles seen on this site, as well as the ones found in our catalog, are available inYellow Brass or Red Brass

G-1 Early Militia Infantry Two Piece Belt Plate

Circa 1835

TG-1 Early Militia (Infantry) Two Piece Belt Plate

"original style/five sections & silver plated"

All the belt plates will have GW/HBF stamped into the bar.

TG-CSA/NC - CSA / North Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate

(original dug Wilmington,N.C.)

Virginia Militia Plates

T-112 Virginia Belt Plate (left) - G - 92 Virginia Belt Plate (right)

T-112 (maker William Smith, New York) G-92 (maker James S. Smith & Sons, New York)

T-112 & G-92 can be ordered with original style belt bar & tongue or 3 hooks. Also D-loop modern style.

T - 121 Virginia Breast Plate

Circa 1850

(T-121 can be cast as a breast plate or buckle.)

TG- 121 Virginia Breast Plate

"original look with the pin type attachment"

T15 Large- U.S. Oval (large)

Copy of the 1200th belt plate dug by GW.

G 21 US Engineer's Two Piece Belt Plate

Circa 1840

TG - 21 Engineer False Two Piece

TG TOPO ENG-Topographical Engineer Two Piece

TG TOPO ENG(2) Topographical Engineer Two Piece Belt Plate

Variant

TGSC-South Carolina Two Piece

Circa 1850

T-97 South Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate

Maryland-Steuart Collection, Virginia Historical Society

G 74 South Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate

(original dug by Teresa Williams, 1978, Baltimore Crossroads, New Kent, Va.)

Circa 1861

TGSC4 South Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate

T 96 South Carolina Two Piece Belt Plate

Maryland-Steuart Collection

TG - General Robert E. Lee Two Piece Belt Plate

Take a close look at the James Smith Virginia two piece (T-114 & TG-114) and you will see a difference in the wreath pattern. Lee's belt plate was not cast by Smith. This belt plate has all the same casting features as all the other Richmond belt plates. This is the same type wreath used for the officers CS two piece that was cast in a Richmond foundry. The detail on the CS wreath is not as clear as Lee's Virginia.

Circa 1861 - 1865

R. E. Lee's Original Belt Plate

Cavalry leader "J.E.B STUART" Sword Belt Plate

(Stuart wore his Officers pre-war belt plate.)

TG-114 Virginia Two Piece Belt Plate

Original maker James S. Smith & Sons, New York.

No design on the belt loops.

Circa 1851

"General J.B. Hood" Confederate Battle Flag Belt Plate
w/applied silver wreath

T20-Maryland Sword Belt Plate

Virginia Historical Society, Maryland-Steuart Collection.

T39-U.S. Navy two piece

Mac Mason Collection.

TG-39 Navy Two Piece Belt Plate

"original style with applied center disc"

T-114 Virginia two piece Belt Plate

James S. Smith & Sons, New York (original maker) Circa 1851.

Acorn and oak-leaf design on the belt loops.

Mac Mason's original Virginia two piece belt plate. This is the belt plate that made my reproduction business grow into what it is today. T-114 Virginia two piece is the pattern taken from this original in 1968. I give Mac credit. He was the first to let me copy his buckle collection. He had many belt plates that were the first reproductions to be sold. Photo of Mac making music with the handsaw. Mac Mason was a collector, relic hunter and author.

TG (Smith & Sons)-North Carolina, Virginia or Alabama Two Piece Belt Plate

"original style with applied center disc."

NOTE: most all the state seal two piece can be ordered "original style"

G3-Early Militia Two-Piece Sword Belt Plate

G39-Confederate Navy Belt Plate

Maryland-Steuart Collection, Virginia Historical Society

T19-Eagle Officers Sword Belt Plate

T49 - Confederate States

(spun hooks)

G16-Eagle Officers Belt Plate (Sterling Silver Shown)

G16-Eagle Officers Belt Plate (Solid Brass)

T45-Confederate States of America Belt Plate

original dug by Gary Williams, Cold Harbor battlefield.
(Georgia Style)

T52-Confederate State Belt Plate
(red brass shown)

TGCS Artillery - Confederate States Two Piece Artillery Belt Plate

"note the raised circle below the CS on the center disc. The letters CS were pressed into the sand mold and the circle is where the person making the sand mold pressed the letters a little to deep showing the round tool that the CS letters was attached to." They used a plain tongue Artillery two piece to cast this type belt plate.

TGCS Artillery (2) Two Piece Belt Plate (variant)

"note how the S is not straight. The person making the sand mold pressed the C then the S and each letter was pressed one at a time . It is hard to get the letters straight doing it this way. Most of these Artillery belt plates has the letters a little off center or not straight."

Original dug Brandy Station, Va.

TGCS2 - Confederate States Two Piece