Brass Buckles
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All these brass buckles
are lost-wax cast in Providence, Rhode Island
and I do the finish work (removing sprues and polishing).
The iron tongues are hand made from New England made cut nails, and are not
common cotter pins.
Beware of the cheap India/Pakistan imports which are poor replicas of the
original buckles.
The crisp sharp details are lacking in the imported replicas, also the rear
of the buckles are often flat.
On the original buckles the rear is often contoured to allow the leather to
slip through the buckle.
Importers have offered to supply these replicas to me, but in my opinion they
just don't measure up.
 "CD"
- for 2¾" strap for earlier style cartridge pouches. $13
without tongues, or $16 with two iron tongues.
 "CD-A"
- same buckle but modified for the Royal Artillery pouches by removing
axle nubs and using two claw type brass tongues $22. The brass belt tips
used on Royal Artillery pouch straps are available from G. Gedney Godwin.
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 "CE"
- for 2¼" wide straps. Similiar to the narrower CZ buckle. Cast from original owned by the late Wayne Daniels and believed to be of British origin. $12
without tongue, or $14 with iron tongue. |
 "CF"
- for 1 7/8" wide straps. This rectangular buckle was used on bayonet/sword shoulder carriages (see Sketchbook 76 page 37) and early Continental Army or militia cartridge pouch shoulder belts. This buckle is probably of American origin. $12
without tongue, or $14 with iron tongue. |
 "CH"
- for 1¾" wide straps. This heavy duty rectangular buckle was used on waistbelts in Hessian/German/Prussian regiments. Seen in the numerous watercolors of the Prussian army under Frederick the Great, and the pre WWII photos of 18th C. uniforms in the Berlin Zeughaus. $14 without tongue, or $16 with iron
tongue. |
 "CW"
- for 2 7/8" wide straps. Cast from an original, this cartridge pouch strap buckle is documented as being used by the U.S. Rifle Regiment
(c.1812) and has the same proportions as the slightly smaller CX buckle. $13 without tongues, or $15 with two
iron tongues. |
 "CX"
- for 2 5/8" wide straps. Cast from original found in the Lake Champlain
valley and used on a 21 hole pouch of the 1760-77 period. $12 without tongues.
With two claw type brass tongues as found on the originals $22.
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 "CY"
- for 1¾" wide straps. Cast from original found in the Hudson
River valley and used on a Continental Army "New Construction"
cartridge box of the 1778-1783 period. $12 without tongue, or $14 with iron
tongue.
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 "CZ"
- for 2" strap, from original found near Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y. $12
without tongue, or $14 with iron tongue.
"CT" (not pictured) - a wider version of the CZ buckle for a 3" strap circa 1750's British. Cast from an original in the Don Troiani collection.. $15 without tongue, $19 with two iron tongues. |
 "CP"
- Cartridge pouch catch & hook, from British and American originals
found at Staten Island and Morristown. Furnished with brass rivets. $35
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 "DB"
- for 1¾" waistbelts, from original found at Fort Frederick,
MD. $10 without tongue, or $12 with iron tongue.
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 "DD"
- for 1¾" waistbelts, from original found at Fort Frederick,
MD. $12 without tongue, or $14 with iron tongue. |
 "DZ"
- Officers sword waistbelt buckle with two piece lion head buckle frame
and serpents "S" hook (see Collector's Illustrated, pg.
53 #5) Also found at Fort George in N.Y. City. The lion head is 1¼"
diameter, 5" overall length, and fits a 1" wide belt. $35 |
 "EA"
- Fits 1 3/8" strap. Original found at Fort Richmond on Staten Island.
$8 without tongue, or $10 with iron tongue. |
 "EB"
- Fits 1¼" strap. Originals found at Fort Frederick, Ligonier,
and Michilimackinac. When furnished with tongue installed, the tongue will rest on the straight bar.
$10 without tongue, or $12 with iron tongue. |
 "EF"
- Fits 1 5/8" strap. Original found at Fort Stanwix and was probably
used on slings with the wide sling swivels as found at Ft. Stanwix and Ft.
Ligonier. The photo shows the buckle with the tongue installed in the proper
direction. It should rest upon the straight bar. $10 without
tongue, or $12 with iron tongue. |
 "EX"
- Fits 1 3/8" strap. Originals found in a Continental Army camp in
the Hudson Highlands of N.Y. and in a British redoubt on Staten Island.
$8 without tongue, or $10 with iron tongue. |
Buckle Order Form.pdf, file size 125 kbs.
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