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WATERLOO RELIC DISPLAY

WATERLOO RELIC DISPLAY

Offered here is a display related to the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. Case measures 12.25” x 8.25”. Items included are a piece of red brick from the Hougoumont farm, eleven musket balls, ten small… (236-1246) SOLD. Learn More »

FIRED BORMANN FUSE

FIRED BORMANN FUSE

The Bormann fuse is named after its inventor, Belgian Army Captain Charles G. Bormann. This pattern of fuse is in the shape of a thick disk. Measures approximately 1.6” in diameter and 0.5” thick… (2025-3029) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

SCARCE WASHINGTON BUST CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S IDENTIFICATION DISK: JOHN SHELDON, 12th RHODE ISLAND

SCARCE WASHINGTON BUST CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S IDENTIFICATION DISK: JOHN SHELDON, 12th RHODE ISLAND

Civil War identification tags or badges were not items of issue, but privately purchased and came in a wide variety of styles- shields, corps badges, disks with various motifs, including several like… (490-7587) SOLD. Learn More »

ELEGANT HOLSTER FOR A SMITH AND WESSON #2 ARMY REVOLVER

ELEGANT HOLSTER FOR A SMITH AND WESSON #2 ARMY REVOLVER

Firing self-contained, waterproof, rimfire cartridges, the Smith and Wesson No. 2 Army was a very popular pistol among officers and civilians of the period- Custer owned a pair and one was even found… (490-7611) SOLD. Learn More »

CIRCA 1830-1850 FREE BLOWN LEAD GLASS PITCHER

CIRCA 1830-1850 FREE BLOWN LEAD GLASS PITCHER

This pitcher is free blown lead glass pitcher with an open pontil 6 1/2" tall.  The body of this pitcher was blown in an apothecary jar mold with the neck and lip being tooled outside of the mold. … (1239-96) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH, ORLEANS CADETS – CO. H, 18TH LOUISIANA

ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH, ORLEANS CADETS – CO. H, 18TH LOUISIANA

This is a large oval albumen photograph measuring 7” x 9” mounted on a 10” x 12” oval mount. The image features a ribbon on top with “Co. H. / ORLEANS CADETS / 18TH LA.” Under that,… (1266-246) SOLD. Learn More »

VERY NICE CARVED WOOD PIPE BOWL – JACOB KENT, 121ST N.Y. INFANTRY

VERY NICE CARVED WOOD PIPE BOWL – JACOB KENT, 121ST N.Y. INFANTRY

Offered here is a very fine hand-carved pipe bowl with complete soldier identification. Likely carved from a chunk of burl wood, this piece was made to use a detachable pipe stem. You couldn’t ask… (401-58) SOLD. Learn More »

 ORIGINAL “HARDEE HAT” OSTRICH PLUME

ORIGINAL “HARDEE HAT” OSTRICH PLUME

Lovely condition original plume, as intended for the m1858 US Dress Hat – often referred to as the Hardee or Davis hat. As per regulation, this example features a double layer of feathers, stitched… (469-01B) SOLD. Learn More »

$30.00
SOLD

 ORIGINAL “HARDEE HAT” OSTRICH PLUME

ORIGINAL “HARDEE HAT” OSTRICH PLUME

Lovely condition original plume, as intended for the m1858 US Dress Hat – often referred to as the Hardee or Davis hat. As per regulation, this example features a double layer of feathers, stitched… (469-01A) SOLD. Learn More »

$30.00
SOLD

50TH ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG PENNANT, 1913

50TH ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG PENNANT, 1913

Wool pennant with red field bordered with blue and gray stripe.  The red center features tarnished/faded gold stenciling of an eagle over “1913” and “SOUVENIR”. Some fading to background… (595-2380) SOLD. Learn More »

$95.00
SOLD

US MODEL 1904 SWORD LETTER OPENER WITH BOX

US MODEL 1904 SWORD LETTER OPENER WITH BOX

This is a US Model 1904 sword letter opener. Measures 9 ¾” long. This is an exact replica of the original full-sized sword. Comes with a sword knot and bottom only of original box. Blade is very… (595-2385) SOLD. Learn More »

$35.00
SOLD

CIVIL WAR PHILADELPHIA DEPOT BULLSEYE CANTEEN WITH STOPPER, COVER AND FULL STRAP

CIVIL WAR PHILADELPHIA DEPOT BULLSEYE CANTEEN WITH STOPPER, COVER AND FULL STRAP

A very good condition, regulation US Civil War canteen, maker marked on the spout “HADDEN, PORTER & BOOTH. PHILA.,” one of the largest suppliers of canteens to the Philadelphia Depot, with… (2025-2618) SOLD. Learn More »

CIVIL WAR PERCUSSION CAP POUCH BY S.H. YOUNG, NEWARK, NJ

CIVIL WAR PERCUSSION CAP POUCH BY S.H. YOUNG, NEWARK, NJ

This is a Civil War-era percussion cap pouch. This pattern has the closing tab as a continuation of the outer flap. This latch tab is unbroken. Oval sub-inspector’s stamp lightly visible on front.… (490-7636) SOLD. Learn More »

US 10-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL

US 10-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL

The standard ammunition for the 3-inch Parrott rifled cannon. This shell was fired but remains in excellent condition. Possibly an early pick-up. The zinc fuse adaptor is chewed up at the top as is… (2025-2669) SOLD. Learn More »

FIRST EDITION – HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 1905

FIRST EDITION – HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 1905

12mo, 226, 22, lxix, 9 pgs. Illustrations, plans, frontis portrait, 7 maps including 3 folding. Unit roster as appendix. Original decorative blue cloth with gilt titled spine and cover, with gilt… (602-34) SOLD. Learn More »

FIRST EDITION – THE COUNTY REGIMENT: A SKETCH OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY (29TH CT INFANTRY)

FIRST EDITION – THE COUNTY REGIMENT: A SKETCH OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY (29TH CT INFANTRY)

Very nice first edition published in 1908, written by Dudley Landon Vaill. This volume is one of a series published under the auspices of the Litchfield County University Club, with a particular focus… (602-35) SOLD. Learn More »

$60.00
SOLD

1773 PENNSYLVANIA FOURTEEN SHILLING NOTE

1773 PENNSYLVANIA FOURTEEN SHILLING NOTE

This one of £12,000 in bills of credit authorized for the construction of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse and related buoys and piers. Note is for 14 shillings; serial number 3344; plate B; issue date… (205-188) SOLD. Learn More »

CDV PHOTOGRAPH OF UNIDENTIFIED SERGEANT & WIFE, COMPANY “F” 47TH MASS. INFANTRY

CDV PHOTOGRAPH OF UNIDENTIFIED SERGEANT & WIFE, COMPANY “F” 47TH MASS. INFANTRY

Offered here is a very fine carte de viste (CDV) photo of an unidentified Federal sergeant in uniform posing with his wife. Full studio view with soldier standing and wife seated next to him. He wears… (141-192) SOLD. Learn More »

RELIC U.S. PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE FROM THE WILDERNESS

RELIC U.S. PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE FROM THE WILDERNESS

This excavated plate has a brass face with beautiful smooth brown patina. The detail on the eagle is good. Painted on the face in white is “WILDERNESS, VA.” There is some slight edge damage and a… (595-2365) SOLD. Learn More »

VERY RARE “SEPARATELY DATED 1861” COLLINS M1840 NCO SWORD WITH ARCHED ADDRESS

VERY RARE “SEPARATELY DATED 1861” COLLINS M1840 NCO SWORD WITH ARCHED ADDRESS

For details on this very rare sword see Thillmann, Civil War Army Swords, p.202 and following. He notes, “The separately dated 1861 and 1862 Collins NCO swords are the rarest of all of the NCO… (2025-683) SOLD. Learn More »


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VERY SCARCE US GOVERNMENT PURCHASE MERRILL RIFLE

This Merrill breechloading rifle is one of just 566 contracted for by the US government in December 1861 and delivered from August through December 1862, inspected and marked by Zadock Butt, and known to have been issued to several Union regiments,… (490-7012). Learn More »

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