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

Marc, My ISP has been down because of a power outage for the last 24...has anyone mention that GAR stands for the Grand Army of the Republic? Alice Gayley Mfsaggese@aol.com wrote: > 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 > -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/