| Title: | The American Civil War |
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| Moderator: | SMURF::BINDER |
| Created: | Mon Jul 15 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Apr 08 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 141 |
| Total number of notes: | 2129 |
Hi,
Doesn't look to active,here but I'll have a stab at it. I saw
something interesting,last week at a flea market. The fellow had two
belt buckels,one had C.S. on the oval buckle and the other had U.S.,on
and was the same shape. The interesting part was the .50 cal bullet
lodged in the U.S. buckle. It had penetrated to the point,where the
base of the bullet was flush with the front of the buckle,then when you
turned it around you could see the rest of it,sticking out the back.
Boy Howdy,I'll bet that fellar was sore for sure. If he was smart,he
most likely packed his kit and went home,takeing the belt buckle hit
as a sign,to resign.
Joe
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| 139.1 | SMURF::BINDER | Errabit quicquid errare potest. | Mon Aug 12 1996 15:45 | 1 | |
You bought the buckles, right? | |||||
| 139.2 | Nope,not yet. | ALFSS2::HENDERSON_J | Wed Aug 14 1996 13:26 | 16 | |
Hi,
Nope,didn't buy'em. He wanted $45.00 for each,and I was unable to
fully convince myself of there originality. They were in one of those
glass fronted,cotton backed display cases,with a large number of buttons
and pins,which apppeared to be large numbers. $10 apiece for the
buttons and pins,$45 for the buckles. He also had some swords,one I
picked up,he said was Japanese from the 1880s
The guy just didn't look right,if you know what I mean.
Joe
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| 139.3 | SMURF::BINDER | Errabit quicquid errare potest. | Wed Aug 14 1996 17:04 | 11 | |
Yup, I know what you mean. It's not too difficult to fake these sorts
of things. One way to verify the authenticity of a bullet is to
examine the rifling marks. Most modern commercial repro arms are
rifled differently from the originals, although the guys who rifle
their own barrels by hand for Pennsylvania and Tennessee rifles
generally do it right.
Chemical analysis of the metals and corrosion would also be a good
idea, but not at a flea market... :-/
-dick
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