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Blockade Runner Robert E. Lee

Blockade Confederate Buckles

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TG-Confederate Flag Two Piece Circa 1861 - 1865 English Manufacture / Blockade Buckle (note: Very rare and most likely made with a sword for a Confederate officer)
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TG-Forrest - "Nathan Bedford Forrest" Sword Belt Plate. 1861-1865
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TG-Hood Brass Belt Plate with applied nickel silver flag & wreath. Made the rubber mold for the flag and wreath at The Museum of the Confederacy.
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Hood's uniform and belt plate displayed in the Museum of the Confederacy.
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Hood's original Confederate Flag Belt Plate displayed in The Museum of the Confederacy.
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T82 Lion Head Belt Plate Circa 1861-1865 Blockade Buckle
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Nathan Bedford Forrest Lee said he never meet the man but he was the best.
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TG-Hood (2) Hood Belt Plate with applied nickel wreath. Not copied from the original.
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Father and Son wearing an Iron belt plate.
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T - 35 Confederate Officers Belt Plate Circa 1970 FANTASY, I made up this two piece using a bridle rosette. TG-35 and TG-35(one) are cast from my original belt plates.
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TG-35 Confederate Officers Belt Plate Circa-1861-1865
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TG-35Large Confederate Staff Two Piece circa 1861 - 1865
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G-32 Lion/Snake Belt Plate (Blockade Buckle)
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TG-36(A) Snake Belt Plate Original dug Cold Harbor battlefield.
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Display case in my Cold Harbor Museum, Williamsburg, Pottery.
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Customer used the Large TG-6 Snake to make his gun belt with sword hangers.
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English Snake Belt Plate on the original belt. Run through the blockade and used by Union and Confederate.
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One case in my Cold Harbor Museum, Williamsburg Pottery.
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G-36 Snake Buckle.(Blockade Buckle) circa 1861-1865
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TG-36(B) Snake Belt Plate. Original dug Outer Defense Lines Richmond, battle Fair Oaks, Seven Pines.
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Snake Belt Plate with remains of leather belt I dug from Cold Harbor.
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Dug another Snake in the same Cold Harbor trench line.
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TG-36(B) Snake back.
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TG - 6 Inch Snake Belt Plate Original dug Shiloh, TN. Battlefield.
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Pouring the rubber mold at The Museum of the Confederacy.
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TG-C.S.Flag Rebel Flag Two Piece Belt Plate. Limited Edition yellow brass two piece with nickel silver flag applied to the center disc. Blockade type belt plate.
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Iron Snake Belt Plate on original belt with knife sheath displayed in my Cold Harbor Museum..
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TG-36(C) Snake Belt Plate original dug (Seven Days Battle, Cold Harbor, VA). This comes with the adjustment bar; however, the extra snake pictured is to show pattern I use for casting.
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TG-Shield CS-Gold/Silver Confederate Officers Blockade Belt Plate. Silver over 24kt Gold plate.
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Original Confederate Flag belt plate and beautiful belt.
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Close up of the Iron snake . I dug several of this type from Cold Harbor Confederate Trench.
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TG - Rectangle Belt Loop Snake Belt Plate Original dug Petersburg, VA
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TG-CS Shield(2) Two Piece. Blockade Belt Plate.
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Phil Hughes on the left is an old time relic hunter. We use to dig in the early days and he once had a beautiful collection.
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Snake Belt Plate displayed in my Cold Harbor Museum.
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Original Iron Belt Plate worn by a Confederate early in the war. A rare plate that I dug from the Malvern Hill battlefield in the 1960's.
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TG-Flag Breast Plate Confederate Flag Cross Belt Plate. Circa 2014
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GW Relic Hunting in the 1960's.
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Snake on the original belt.
Johnny Reb wearing blockade belt plate
Johnny Reb wearing a Blockade Snake Buckle.
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Confederate Officer wearing a Blockade Snake Belt Plate.
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Original (Confederate Flag Belt Plate) Type worn by Hood and made in England. Front and back with the London company that made these plates. Note how the silver flag and wreath were attached. This is a post war belt plate and not the same design as the Hood buckle. No border and lacks the detail. These were made in the late 1870's and 1880's.
Civil War Confederate Wood Canteen
A Confederate ready for battle. Note the wood canteen.
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WW 1 soldier wearing a Snake belt plate.

Confederate Veteran Buckles

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TG -CVet Confederate Veterans Belt Plate (Post War)
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Nip Warinner, Highland Springs, VA. 1960
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Two Confederate Veterans standing in front of the battleflag
Great Seal of the Confederacy
G- 96 Great Seal of the Confederacy Circa 1861- 1865 (Seal is 3 1/4" across and can be cast with buckle hooks or without).
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TG-Shoulder Strap Buckle Canteen Shoulder strap buckle used to carry the canteen or any other item worn over the shoulder. This two piece buckle was used with a Confederate Wood Canteen.
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