He wears a fine buckle on his webbing belt: an authentic relic of the Civil War bearing the insignia of the Wiltshire Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteer Infantry.

Again, even in comparatively modern times it is not always easy to trace the history of these objects of devotion, as first-class relics were often divided and any number of authentic third-class relics may exist.

The museum also preserves and displays thousands of authentic relics, maintains one the nation's largest folk art collections, and hosts performances of traditional Appalachian music and annual demonstrations by hundreds of regional craftsmen.

Today, most dugouts are flooded, but this has preserved them, and they are now the most authentic relics of the Great War in Flanders.

"I would rather have a set of authentic relics for my church," mused Queen Sollace.

I'm reserving judgment as to whether what's surfaced off your island actually is an authentic World War II relic.

All were authentic royal relics.

The pain of excommunication was pronounced against all who should demand any sum whatever for sealed and authentic relics.

Susan quietly slipped away from the horde of would-be guides, souvenier sellers, and vendors of 'authentic' relics surrounding the group and found a low stone wall overlooking the site to sit on and contemplate.

But as staff members of the Economic Development Corporation pointed out, these weren't authentic relics, simply leftover movie props - for a fish-market scene that had recently been filmed there.