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STAMPED BRASS, LEAD-FILLED TEXAS STAR BELT PLATE
While the star motif might be used by any militia company and was associated during the war not only with Texas, but with Mississippi and Louisiana, these stamped brass belt plates with raised star,… (1179-2141). Learn More »
RARE .52 CALIBER “4 RING” SHARPS RINGTAIL BULLET
Unusual variant of the “old model” Sharps carbine bullet. Also known as the “ringtail” pattern. The so-called tail was where the powder charge was attached to the bullet with a string tie. The… (2024-427). Learn More »
$30.00
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VERY RARE LEMAT SLUG – DEAN THOMAS COLLECTION
This rare bullet looks like an overgrown Tranter revolver bullet. However, it is theorized that these may have been for the smoothbore barrel on the LeMat revolver. The unusual LeMat revolver was… (236-989). Learn More »
$275.00
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RARE CLEBURNE BULLET – DEAN THOMAS COLLECTION
Dug Confederate “Cleburne” bullet .54 caliber. This is a rare Confederate bullet from the Trans-Mississippi theater. Very few specimens exist. Named such due to them being found in a bivouac site… (236-969). Learn More »
“WACO GUARDS” STYLE BELT PLATE, CA. 1880
This belt plate shows to have been dug and has a modern note with it that it turned up at an estate sale in Austin, TX, in 2002. The plate is a deep, olive green with some gray and thin brown residue,… (1179-1584). Learn More »
CONFEDERATE PEWTER BLOCK-I INFANTRY BUTTON FROM LEE’S HEADQUARTERS MUSEUM
This confederate enlisted man’s infantry button was formerly in the collection of the Lee’s Headquarters Museum and was likely a battlefield pickup from the fields of the first day’s fighting… (2024-371). Learn More »
$395.00
SOLD
BROADAXE FOUND AT FREDERICKSBURG
This broadaxe was recovered at or near Fredericksburg. These were mainly used in hewing square timbers so it might well have come in handy constructing winter huts, which were all over the landscape… (2023-3258). Learn More »
SCARCE MCELROY AND HUNT CONFEDERATE FRAME BUCKLE
McElroy and Hunt were the only Confederate firm to mark their belt buckles and this some of the better markings we have seen. These were sand cast, and between occasional file or finish work,… (1083-10). Learn More »
BURNT WOOD HANDLE FROM FORT PEMBINA
Excavations at Fort Pembina yielded a wide variety of items reflecting daily life at a small, remote army post in the Indian Wars. We don’t quite know what to make of this- quite obviously a wood… (1052-634). Learn More »
IRON POT OR KETTLE LID FROM FORT PEMBINA
Excavations at Fort Pembina yielded a number of kitchen items- some likely from the company kitchen and others from officers’ quarters. These are perhaps not very exciting finds, but they reflect… (1052-640). Learn More »
HORN FROM FORT PEMBINA - A POWDER HORN TO BE?
The wet soil conditions of the dig at Fort Pembina have produced all sorts of things discarded by the garrison that would normally perish, casting some light on the daily life of the garrison. These… (1052-644). Learn More »
HAIR FROM FORT PEMBINA- DRESS HELMET PLUME?
The wet soil conditions of the dig at Fort Pembina have produced all sorts of things discarded by the garrison that would normally perish: in this case a clump what we think (hope) is horsehair. This… (1052-641). Learn More »
$10.00
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CLOTH FROM FORT PEMBINA, POSSIBLY FROM AN ISSUE SHIRT
This piece of white cloth was discarded by a soldier at Fort Pembina, ND, sometime between 1870 and 1895. It has some fairly straight cuts or tears indicating it was salvaged for some purpose before… (1052-646). Learn More »
CONFEDERATE SPUR EXCAVATED IN MISSOURI- TEXAS CONNECTION
This Confederate spur was dug from a campsite in Missouri and was displayed in the Texas Civil War Museum with a non-dug example having a Texas association, the two thus providing a good southern… (1179-1505). Learn More »
LARGE ROWELL “TEXAS” SPUR FOUND ON PADRE ISLAND, TX
This single spur with a dozen long, spikey points to the large rowel was found on Padre Island, Texas, and was formerly in the Texas Civil War Museum. The spur is corroded and the tip of one side bar… (1179-1504). Learn More »
$75.00
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CONFEDERATE “BABY” WISHBONE FRAME BUCKLE FROM NASHVILLE
One of the more distinctive Confederate belt buckles is the forked-tongue or wishbone frame style from the shape of the movable tongue mounted on the center bar. The buckle is practical, light-weight,… (490-5846). Learn More »
CONFEDERATE ENLISTED MAN’S FRAME BUCKLE FROM COLD HARBOR
These classic Confederate, brass, fixed-tongue frame buckles come in a variety of sizes and slight variations making them a distinct category for collectors of Confederate field gear and belt plates.… (490-5787). Learn More »
$650.00
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CONFEDERATE ENLISTED MAN’S FRAME BUCKLE
This fixed-tongue frame buckle is a classic Confederate soldier’s belt buckle. These brass buckles are a collecting specialty of their own, coming in a variety of sizes and showing variations in… (490-5855). Learn More »
FIRED 12-PDR CANISTER PLATE WITH PAPER LABEL
Offered here is a thick, bottom canister plate. It exhibits seven dented impressions where the iron canister balls were seated when it was fired. An early veteran’s battlefield pickup as it shows… (1202-127). Learn More »
SCARCE CIVIL WAR ARMY ISSUE SHOE, A.K.A. BROGAN OR BOOTTEE
This Civil War US army issue shoe is typical wartime construction, using rough-side out black leather with reinforcing heel piece or “counter” sewn inside, four pairs of holes for a leather lace,… (1052-282). Learn More »
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HANDSOME INSCRIBED MOORE REVOLVER WITH HOLSTER OF C.H. RICHMOND
Moore revolvers used the .32 caliber self-contained metallic rimfire cartridge, which was available and convenient. They were not subject to damage by rough handling, weather resistant, and made a pistol fast to load. Moore also provided value for… (2023-2603). Learn More »
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