Marc, I would suggest to you to consider if this is a reproduction buckle or not. Reproductions are fine to have if you know they are reproductions. You don't want to pay the price of an old piece and it not be old, however. AJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mfsaggese@aol.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] GAR buckle > Hello All, > I have the oppurtunity to purchase a rectangular belt buckle which has GAR > {overlapping letters} in the middle of the buckle and the four branches of > the military symbols in each corner {crossed sabers, cannon, rifles, anchor} the > letters and symbols are all raised off the surface...does anyone recognize > this as civil war era ? It is a shiny gold color, perhaps brass and some other > metal? any info would be appreciated, at this time I have no photo of it. > Thanks in advance, > Marc F. Campbell > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > >