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$950.00 SOLD
Originally $1,250.00
Quantity Available: None
Item Code: 558-444
Offered is a boarding pike that was used by the Confederate Navy. The pike is 86 inches in length with a 20-inch crudely made 4-sided iron blade. The shaft is 1 ¾ inches in diameter and painted white. The area were the straps are attached to the pole is painted black.
This is the same pike on page 153 of Norm Flayderman's book AMERICAN POLEARMS 1526-1865. In the book it is described as a Confederate Naval Boarding Pike from the C.S.S. Virginia. With this pike is a letter from 1987 when the pike was purchased from MARYLAND LINE TRADER.
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