Technically termed a “snake hook,” these buckles were imported into the Confederacy in large numbers on both black leather and white buff waist belts with a few, very few, making their way into Federal ranks courtesy of some intercepted blockade runner cargo. They show up wartime photographs of armed Confederate officers and enlisted men and some of the wide variety imported are illustrated by Mullinax (1991) as Plates 178 to 189, by Keim as Figures 473 to 494, and are the subject of the article “Snake Bit” by Hubbard in North South Trader (2010) 35.2.

This is a very good condition excavated example, complete, showing a pale greenish-gray-brown, with a little white residue and just slight curving of the sides of the belt loops from the pressure of the belt and weight of accoutrements. These are classic Civil War buckles with enough variety to be a collecting category of their own. This is a nice example.  [sr][ph:L]

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