57th Anniversary 1967 - 2024
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*Allow 7 - 15 days for me to sand cast, individually finish, and ship your order priority mail. Please do not complain to PayPal if it takes longer for me to mail your order. I do all this custom casting myself and sometimes business is really good to me and it may take longer to mail out but I will mail your order. Each order is made as it arrives, nothing is in stock since there's over 900 buckles from which to choose.
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NOTE: I want to clarify for those who have dealt with Parsley Brass, that Parsley Brass is NO part of Hanover Brass Foundry and never has been. I am the one and only Hanover Brass Foundry, founding the company myself in 1967.
Gary Williams, Founder & Owner
Civil War Buckles by Hanover Brass Foundry
We have been in the business of casting Civil War Buckles since 1967. We reproduce over 750 various plates. All of our Civil War buckles are crafted from yellow brass and red brass and are sand cast and hand worked much as the originals were during and before the Civil War era. Each is made from a first generation casting, exclusive to Hanover Brass, the ONLY foundry licensed to cast from the original Civil War Buckles in the Maryland - Steuart Virginia Historical Society Museum collections and The Museum of the Confederacy. (Licensed) To answer your question "What is licensed?" , it's when you pay the Museum or the Collector to copy buckles and have it in writing that you can reproduce and
sell the reproductions of the originals. You can read about this casting process in the April 1981 "Vol. 89 . No 2" quarterly Virginia Magazine. The following Belt Plates are reproductions from museums, private collections, and my personal belt plate collection.
We have been in the business of casting Civil War Buckles since 1967. We reproduce over 750 various plates. All of our Civil War buckles are crafted from yellow brass and red brass and are sand cast and hand worked much as the originals were during and before the Civil War era. Each is made from a first generation casting, exclusive to Hanover Brass, the ONLY foundry licensed to cast from the original Civil War Buckles in the Maryland - Steuart Virginia Historical Society Museum collections and The Museum of the Confederacy. (Licensed) To answer your question "What is licensed?" , it's when you pay the Museum or the Collector to copy buckles and have it in writing that you can reproduce and
sell the reproductions of the originals. You can read about this casting process in the April 1981 "Vol. 89 . No 2" quarterly Virginia Magazine. The following Belt Plates are reproductions from museums, private collections, and my personal belt plate collection.
Page 243 - "Mr. Gary Williams an authority
on Civil War belt plates and owner of the Hanover Brass Foundry, recently cast in sand many of the belt plates from the Virginia Historical Society's Maryland-Steuart collection. He and his assistants use a process identical to that used in casting the original plates and the copies thus produced are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. The copies will go on exhibit this year, enabling visitors to the galleries to view the Maryland-Steuart collection in its entirety while the originals, many of them irreplaceable, enjoy a larger measure of security behind the scenes." |
For all of you interested in commemorating the 150th anniversary of The War Between the States, I have reproduced two very special belt plates on behalf of The Museum of the Confederacy, MOC Richmond, Virginia. They are General Robert E. Lee's and Cavalry Leader J. E. B. Stuart's buckles which are on permanent display at the museum.
The sale of these limited edition belt plates benefits The Museum of the Confederacy. Gen. Lee's buckle is available in either 24kt. gold plate or solid brass. J. E. B. Stuart's sword belt plate is available in solid brass only.
Lee's is a beautiful one-of-a-kind Virginia two piece sword belt plate that Lee wore in many of his photographs and field use. Lee also wore this two piece sword belt plate with his new Confederate uniform for the Appomattox surrender.
J. E. B. Stuart's sword belt plate is reproduced from the Eagle Officer's buckle that he wore pre-war and was wearing when he was mortally wounded during the battle of Yellow Traven. All buckle purchases come with a beautiful display case and documentation from The Museum of the Confederacy. In my forty-four years of sand casting Civil War belt plates, I have now reached my dream of reproducing General Robert E. Lee's buckle! Up until this offer, you could
only see these belt plates behind glass. Now you can own one that is a precise
copy of the original that you can proudly wear or display. If only we could locate Stonewall Jackson's sword belt plate. Hanover Brass Foundry is also reproducing the Confederate Navy two piece (TG - CN) on display in the Museum which is available in the Museum's gift shop and Hanover Brass. You can get all the information about the Lee and Stuart buckles by contacting
The Museum of the Confederacy at 804-649-1861 ext. 55.
The sale of these limited edition belt plates benefits The Museum of the Confederacy. Gen. Lee's buckle is available in either 24kt. gold plate or solid brass. J. E. B. Stuart's sword belt plate is available in solid brass only.
Lee's is a beautiful one-of-a-kind Virginia two piece sword belt plate that Lee wore in many of his photographs and field use. Lee also wore this two piece sword belt plate with his new Confederate uniform for the Appomattox surrender.
J. E. B. Stuart's sword belt plate is reproduced from the Eagle Officer's buckle that he wore pre-war and was wearing when he was mortally wounded during the battle of Yellow Traven. All buckle purchases come with a beautiful display case and documentation from The Museum of the Confederacy. In my forty-four years of sand casting Civil War belt plates, I have now reached my dream of reproducing General Robert E. Lee's buckle! Up until this offer, you could
only see these belt plates behind glass. Now you can own one that is a precise
copy of the original that you can proudly wear or display. If only we could locate Stonewall Jackson's sword belt plate. Hanover Brass Foundry is also reproducing the Confederate Navy two piece (TG - CN) on display in the Museum which is available in the Museum's gift shop and Hanover Brass. You can get all the information about the Lee and Stuart buckles by contacting
The Museum of the Confederacy at 804-649-1861 ext. 55.
Slide show of process of casting Hanover Brass Foundry casting of the
Robert E. Lee Virginia two piece Belt Plate
Robert E. Lee Virginia two piece Belt Plate
Hand finished buckles complete the sand casting process.
Jeb Stuart, Confederate Navy and Robert E. Lee belt plates
cast and ready for delivery for the new Museum of the Confederacy location at Appomattox, Virginia.
Jeb Stuart, Confederate Navy and Robert E. Lee belt plates
cast and ready for delivery for the new Museum of the Confederacy location at Appomattox, Virginia.
Below are the sales/reference catalogs through the years. Sales began from word of mouth, store front at my father's grocery store on the battlefield tour route, sales tables at civil war shows and reenactment events. Then we placed ads in Civil War Times, and American History magazines to establish a mail order buckle business. This called for a pictured catalog of our buckles. Now, we offer our museum quality buckles on the Internet. My how things have changed over the years since my meager beginnings of just trying to make a CS two piece buckle, my first in 1967! I appreciate the opportunity to make Hanover Brass Reproduction Civil War Buckles available to you, and I appreciate all my customers.