Real of Fake CS buckle tongue ?

[wdjensen123]

Hello there,

I have a CS marked tongue for a 2-piece buckle. I am interested to find out if it may be real or fake, and any information. One person said it was real, in NVRHA.

It found by Calvin Hyatt Pyle, as a boy in the Iuka battle area of Mississippi (northern border of Mississippi, near Tennessee.) He was born 1898, and it was found scuffing around ca 1910. It was with 2 Federal finds from the same time. Since then, it was handled a lot, and the highlights are shiny.

The diameter of the circular part is 35.66 maximum. Estimated height of the belt loop part (which seems to have been impacted) is about 49mm. It seems to be totally cast, with little raised bumps. Smoother on the front than the back which really looks sand cast. It is very smooth where the mating wreath would have rubbed it, face is smoothed down on the CS, and wear pattern where the leather would have rubbed the belt loops. There are traces of gold plating in the nooks and crannies on the back of it.

Can it be matched up to any examples in the Mullinax book? Were these for officers, NCO's, or plain cavalry? Were they for the sword belt, or waist belt?

Sincerely,
Bill Jensen

[wdjensen123]

Dear Collectors,

I sent photos of the buckle to Steve Mullinax, and from these and the details, he believes it to be genuine. He wants it sent in to him today, for verification, and write up an authenticity letter for it, and the other 2 Federal items from Iuka Mississippi. He offered to purchase it. He says a bullet strike increases its value, even though it is mangled looking.

In his Expanded edition book on Confederate buckles that I just got, it appears as Plate 058 (including the gold plating for officers, and upwards sloped CS, etc)

Sincerely,
Bill Jensen

[Tn mxt]

If your buckle turns out to be genuine, Oh what a find!!!!

[wdjensen123]

Dear Relic Hunters,

Is there a place in this forum to post an ad for my Iuka Mississippi dug CS struck buckle? I wish to sell it, with the authenticity letter from Steve Mullinax, due in about 3 weeks.

Would it be the same place to sell my 2 Federal Iuka dug items?

Here are some better pictures:

CS tongue:
www.wdjensen123.com/CS2s.JPG
www.wdjensen123.com/CS3s.JPG
www.wdjensen123.com/CS4s.JPG
www.wdjensen123.com/CS5s.JPG
www.wdjensen123.com/CS6s.JPG
www.wdjensen123.com/CS7s.JPG
www.wdjensen123.com/CS8s.JPG

Federal items:
www.wdjensen123.com/USall.JPG

Sincerely,
Bill Jensen

[BEAR]

I think that is were you put stuff on for sell. You can find it down on the home page.

[wdjensen123]

Thank you very much Bear, I have put the items in the section For Sale you found.

Sincerely,
Bill Jensen