CONFEDERATE GUTTER-BACK FIXED-TONGUE FRAME BUCKLE FOUND AT HARPERS FERRY

CONFEDERATE GUTTER-BACK FIXED-TONGUE FRAME BUCKLE FOUND AT HARPERS FERRY

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Fixed-tongue frame buckles were simple in design, strong, lightweight, easy to cast and finish, and were widely produced throughout the south. This frame of this version has is cast with a channel in the back that both lightened it and increased its strength, giving the pattern the nickname “hollow-back” or “gutter-back” frame buckles. They are often associated with Georgia troops but saw service in every theatre of the war. Keim illustrates several from Georgia and from Virginia.

This measures 64mm by 55mm. The central bar is cast in the same plane as the face of the frame and is flat, as is true also for the two fixed tongues, which are narrow and pointed. The inner corners of the frame are squared and crisply defined. The central bar shows a very evident bend, likely the reason it was lost or discarded but we see no cracks or breaks. The face has an even, charcoal gray patina with smooth metal showing just a tiny bit of roughness on one edge near one end of the central bar. The reverse, naturally, was not as well finished as the face and shows the rough signs of sand casting, with dark and light brown and gray colors.

A collector’s code and find location, “111-H FERRY” is written in ink on a white ground on the back of the center bar. This is a good example of a classic Confederate belt buckle- essentially a “general service” plate. We often think of these as strictly infantry plates, but Keim (p. 202) illustrates a nice example still on its sword belt.   [sr][ph:L]

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