Complete crudely made iron stirrup believed to be of Confederate manufacture. The item is slightly out of shape and has some light surface rust showing it was not exposed to the elements for long. Item is complete.

Still attached is an old price tag that reads “R. H. SHIELDS COLLECTION, GETTYSBURG, PA. / M44 /3/14/89.” Opposite side of tag reads “CONF. IRON STIRRUP/ TB-S #21” and lists the price. The odd number and letter combinations on the tag were either museum or previous owner’s codes.

The Shields Museum stood along Route 30 just west of Gettysburg and housed a large collection of artifacts related to the battle until its closure in the 1980’s.

Ott Shields amassed one of the earliest and well known collections of Gettysburg artifacts.  In 1918, he opened a private museum that featured the “Shields Collection,” one of the few documented Gettysburg collections obtained by local families (Rosensteel; Danner; Wert; Mumper; Ziegler, etc.).  The Shields Museum closed in the 1980s and the collection was sold at auction on November 16, 1985.  Offering over 600 lots “comprised mostly of Gettysburg battlefield pick-up relics,” the auction attracted several hundred Civil War collectors, dealers, and museum buyers.

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