Hover to zoom
$250.00 SOLD
Quantity Available: None
Item Code: 172-5441
Brown leather, 48” in length, 1.25” in width. Leather exhibits cracking throughout, while remaining supple and smooth. Stitching remaining tight on both hook and slip-loop ends. Partially legible maker mark near loop end: “W. H. _____ / Maker / Sprinfield ____”. Inspector’s mark in oval reads, “G. L. WOODBURY / U.S. ORD. DEPT. / SUB INSPECTOR”. Reverse side exhibits unusual ink inscription running half the length of the belt. To wit: “Remember this gun on the river, remember it on the lake…remember it when it gets lost and found…and please remember it to Jake Buttenkleffer.”
Solid CW musket sling, w/unusual “lost & found” message inscription. [jp]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS ITEM, AS WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE,
MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR LAYAWAY PROGRAM.
FOR OUR POLICIES AND TERMS,
CLICK ON ‘CONTACT US’ AT THE TOP OF ANY PAGE ON THE SITE,
THEN ON ‘LAYAWAY POLICY’.
Historical Firearms Stolen From The National Civil War Museum In Harrisburg, Pa »
Theft From Gravesite Of Gen. John Reynolds »
Selection Of Unframed Prints By Don Troiani »
Fine Condition Brass Infantry Bugle Insignia »
This is an extremely rare, early-war uniform jacket, with related material, belonging to a sergeant of the 65th New York, who enlisted at the beginning of the war as the regiment’s commissary sergeant, and gained a lieutenant’s commission in a… (1179-233). Learn More »