CS buckle

[luka_poland]

hello all
I would like to know some information about this buckle.
pictures:

thanks and best regards
Tom

[creskol]

canyou please give the actual size and tell us if the face is stippled or not? Thanks

[luka_poland]

looks like corrosion at several points
here is wh photo with buckle


thanks
Tom

[creskol]

I may be wrong, but to me, it looks like an early .. say 1960's vintage, reproduction buckle. It has nice stamping on it!
What is the story behind it?

[Breezie]

WELCOME to the forum! As far as the buckle is concerned, I don't think there were that many oval CS buckles made during the CW. There were oval CSA buckles, but only a very few oval CS. The CW expert on Pawn Stars said there were NO CS oval buckles ever made, but I've seen one that was authentic. More than likely, yours is a repro. Breezie

[Felinepeachy]

I fixed that Breezie by getting rid of the links and posting the pics directly

[Breezie]

I fixed that Breezie by getting rid of the links and posting the pics directly

Thanks Peachy! I'll revise my post. Breezie

[Felinepeachy]

Thanks for letting us know Breezie

[TheCannonballGuy]

Please believe me that I take absolutely no pleasure in having to tell you that it is definitely a 2nd-half-of-the-20th-century imitation. It cannot even be called a Reproduction (a copy), because no such buckle exactly like that one existed during the civil war. Your "Oval CS" buckle is constructed like the civil war Oval US buckle, but there was no exact Confederate equivalent. (There was such a thing as an Oval CS buckle, but it did not have the so-called "lead-filled" back, and its front was somewhat different too.) Thus, the type of imitation you found is known as a "Fantasy" item. This kind is still being manufactured in the 21st-Century and sold as a battlefield-park souvenir ...and unfortunately is frequently seen for sale on Ebay mis-advertized as a genuine civil war CS buckle.

Info-source: "Confederate Belt Buckles & Plates" by Steve E. Mullinax ...which is widely acclaimed in the civil war relic-collecting community as being the best reference book ever done about Confederate buckles and plates.

[luka_poland]

thank you for the full reply.
you have saved me from losing $ 300
best regards from Poland
Tom

[creskol]

Please believe me that I take absolutely no pleasure in having to tell you that it is definitely a 2nd-half-of-the-20th-century imitation. It cannot even be called a Reproduction (a copy), because no such buckle exactly like that one existed during the civil war. Your "Oval CS" buckle is constructed like the civil war Oval US buckle, but there was no exact Confederate equivalent. (There was such a thing as an Oval CS buckle, but it did not have the so-called "lead-filled" back, and its front was somewhat different too.) Thus, the type of imitation you found is known as a "Fantasy" item. This kind is still being manufactured in the 21st-Century and sold as a battlefield-park souvenir ...and unfortunately is frequently seen for sale on Ebay mis-advertized as a genuine civil war CS buckle.

Info-source: "Confederate Belt Buckles & Plates" by Steve E. Mullinax ...which is widely acclaimed in the civil war relic-collecting community as being the best reference book ever done about Confederate buckles and plates.

Thanks CBG .. Great reply! I need to be more concise and precise with my answers ... sometimes I am not very good about that. Thanks for picking up the slack!