Beautiful Belt Plates - CSA

[Mike Serpa]

A Remarkable Two-Piece Gold Virginia Confederate Belt Plate Belonging to Mosby Ranger C. F. Wood of Warrenton, Virginia
http://historical.ha.com/itm/milita...-wood-of-warrenton-virginia-rar/a/663-72146.s

Two-Piece Virginia Militia Officer's Belt Plate. 86mm x 50mm, heavily gilt brass, ca. 1850s. An exquisite interlocking tongue and wreath buckle similar to those illustrated as Plates 405 and 406 in Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates by Steve E. Mullinax. The cast wreath consists of laurel leaves bound top and bottom with crossed ribbons. The tongue portion is deeply struck with Virginia's State Seal, which shows the Roman personification of Virtue standing triumphant over Tyranny. The border around this central medallion has "Virginia" at the top and "Sic Semper Tyrannis" - Thus Always to Tyrants - below. John Wilkes Booth, incidentally, shouted this motto as he fled Ford's Theater after shooting Abraham Lincoln.
http://historical.ha.com/itm/milita...an-exquisite-interlocking-tongu/a/663-74177.s

Most Rare Confederate Officer's Two-Piece Interlocking "CS in Shield" Waist Belt Plate. 51mm x 75mm, with fewer than six examples known, this example utilizes a beautifully made replacement wreath, cast specifically for this tongue, and nearly impossible to detect. Although the exact point of origin of these plates remains a mystery, they are generally accepted as being of English manufacture, possibly by S. Buckley of Birmingham, and run through the blockade, obviously in very limited numbers.
http://historical.ha.com/itm/milita...-cs-in-shield-waist-belt-plate/a/6002-72024.s

If you haven't seen General Hampton's solid gold belt buckle it is very beautiful!
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/general-hamptons-solid-gold-belt-buckle.97136/

 

[D Serrano]

Those are absolutely beautiful.

 

[mofederal]

I would say they are works of art. The Virginia 2 piece is just beautiful. I like the other one two, but not as much.