This specimen of a Federal cavalryman’s stirrup is an early pickup from the East Cavalry Field Gettysburg battlefield. The equestrian artifact, once part of the David Plank Collection, is made of heavy, brass in strong original condition and exhibits a break at one of the thick tubular shanks where it meets the footpad. Appears to have been struck or been a result of poor casting. The large military stirrup is not marked or stamped and measures 6¼” high by 5” wide. The bottom of the footpad features two distinct, horizontal cutaways set in a ½” thick brass footpad. This cavalry artifact was recovered from East Cavalry Field in Gettysburg shortly after the battle. Never cleaned. This brass stirrup exhibits a beautiful and pleasing dark bronze patina. This stirrup is an early pickup from the Battle of Gettysburg and is identified in John Geiselman’s collection in his contemporary inscribed listing. Originally sold as item# R11904.

This item is NOT eligible for the 10% Geiselman item discount.

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The Horse Soldier is pleased to offer a number of items from the John P. Geiselman collection, a collection that was on display for many years at the Geiselman Country Store Museum on Barlow - Two Taverns Road. Geiselman began his collecting as a child in the early 1920s, and during the pre-World II period had access to artifacts that had been purchased earlier at the estate sales of the Trostle, Rogers, Rose, Weikert, and Wentz farms - local properties that figured prominently in the battle and its aftermath. During this period he had access as well to the Hill , Plank, and Stewart collections, and was able to acquire other items that had been sold from turn-of-the-century relics establishments such as the Danner, Ziegler, and Oak Ridge Museums. Furthermore, Geiselman carefully documented most artifacts, and collectors perusing the list will be able to note, in many instances, not only the source of the relic and the date of its recovery, but also the part of the battlefield from which it came. In other words, his collection is the last major grouping of Gettysburg artifacts assembled and documented by a local resident.

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