Texas Belt Buckle?

[Nounan]

I have a belt buckle from the battle of Antietam. I was told and heard for years it was a Texas buckle. HOWEVER, I can not find any info on it. Does anyone know anything about it? Who wore it? What regiment? Infantry, calvary etc etc etc.????

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

Its a Texas plate EXTREMLY common with Texas reenactors, (been plenty guilty myself). That being said that style of buckle did exist, but it looking to be lead filled makes me suspicious, I'm not an expert on buckles, (there's plenty here though), but my immediate suspicion is its a fake. Most surviving photos of Texas troops bound for Virginia, (and glory), doesn't show that particular pattern of buckle, most I've seen anyway, and often depict simple black iron "roller" buckles, and sometimes other styles of brass Texas buckles, with square ones being prominent.

There were many, many styles of Texas brass buckles, some patterns dating back to the Republic period, from 1836-1845, and the vast majority, if not all I've seen from the Virginia theater were several of the square variants, (one I've seen was actually a Republic of Texas Army buckle lol), and while I won't say for sure, my personal suspicion is you have an older reenactor buckle.

Either way welcome to CivilWarTalk.

 

[captaindrew]

Welcome to the forum From South Florida

 

[mofederal]

Hello and welcome to the talk forum from Southeast Missouri located on the banks of the muddy Mississippi River.

 

[1867crete]

Looks neat but my thought repop. I don't like the arrow hooks? Very interested to learn more however! Hopefully I'm wrong!

 

[Larryh86GT]

Welcome from WNY

 

[zburkett]

Welcome. I won't give an opinion of the age of the buckle but something no one has mentioned is that Confederates from a lot of states wore the "Star" buckle. They are often called the Texas/Mississippi because they have been found in both camps. In Mullinax's "Confederate Buckles & Plates" there is even a photo of a Florida Confederate wearing a Star Buckle. The problem with buckles is they are easy to fake and an authentic on is very valuable. There is also the problem that a reproduction lost fifty years ago can be hard to distinguish from an original lost one hundred and fifty years ago. All of that said, it is still a really neat buckle you should be proud of.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy

 

[Badgercwcollector]

Welcome ! From Wisconsin