Help With A Buckle Please

[DaveR]

Thank you very much for taking the time to check this out. Recently purchased a 'Civil War' belt buckle at a reputable online auction. I got it because it looked a little unique. With some research, it looks like a 1820-1830 militia belt buckle but the few other examples that I found have more of a belt loop roll on the reverse with the spikes. Any ideas?? Authentic/Reproduction??

 

[UCVRelics]

This is a reproduction plate, the circle P is the dead give away. I don't believe its a hanover brass made plate, but some other company that repops these. Your research is correct in that it should have a single hook with a roller as the one below.

 

[DaveR]

Thank you ucvrelics, good thing it didn't set me back much!!

 

[Grayrock Volunteer]

The circle P maker's mark is, I believe, that of Parsely's Brass.

 

[DaveR]

Grayrock, you are EXACTLY RIGHT!!! Thank you!!

 

[zburkett]

Repro Buckles of the Civil War" by Howard Crouch uses this plate (with a different back) as the intro of "United States Army and Militia Plates and Buckles." (p.11)