This is a superior example of the classic Confederate frame buckle, excavated in the Richmond area, but looking almost non-dug and appearing much as the Confederate soldier must have received it, with no bends, breaks, cracks or distortions. It was made with some care, having carefully rounded exterior and interior corners and with the edges on the face neatly beveled. It has a smooth, medium forest green patina on the front and back, mixed with some traces of brown here and there, and a little bit of freckling to the casting on the reverse.

This was recovered by Dick Hammond and still has Hammond’s tags with inventory number and location of the find on the reverse. If there was a Confederate counterpart to the common US oval buckle as a general service belt plate, it was the frame style: simple, lightweight, strong, completely practical, easily fabricated, and produced by makers throughout the south. This is great 9-on-a-scale-of-10 condition classic Confederate buckle.    [sr][ph:L]

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