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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 in Yellow Brass - $45.00 or Red Brass - $65.00

1983 Newspaper Article about the twelve thousand key rings I cast in brass for the Industrialized Nations Summit in Williamsburg, Virginia. I cast Ronald Reagan one in sterling silver and he sent me a letter thanking me for all the hard work.

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 Belt Plate

Copy of the 1200th belt plate dug by G. W. Dinwiddie Court House, Va.

TG - 15 (B) Large U.S. Belt Plate (variant)

Original dug by Gary Williams, Cold Harbor, Va.

TG - 15 (C) Large U.S. Belt Plate (variant)

Original dug by Ronnie Mantlo, Cold Harbor, Va.

G 21 US Engineer's Two Piece Belt Plate

Circa 1840

TG - 21 Engineer False Two Piece

TG - TOPO - ENG - (Topographical Engineer Two Piece)

Circa - 1830 - 1862

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

This Lee buckle was not cast from the original one of a kind in The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Va. It was put together using several different buckle parts to represent Robert E. Lee's belt plate by G. W. in 1970 and very close. You can purchase a reproduction of the original R. E. Lee Two Piece from "The Museum of the Confederacy." Information about the Robert E. Lee two piece and how you can buy one is on the Hanover Brass index page.

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 original belt plate pictured below 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 Lee's two piece has been reworked by a skilled engraver and very different from the James Smith belt plate design.

Circa 1861 - 1865

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

This Stuart belt plate was not cast from the original displayed in The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Va. G. W. used his original that is a exact type to represent the belt plate that Stuart wore until the 1864 battle at Yellow Tavern where he was mortally wounded. Information is on the index page about Stuart's original belt plate in The Museum of the Confederacy and how to purchase a reproduction of the original from the museum.

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 Smith - U.S. Navy Two Piece Belt Plate

Steve Henry Collection

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.

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 (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)

TGCS1(left)&2(right) 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. Photo on the right is without the circle and a different belt plate.

TGCS2 - Confederate States Two Piece