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Item Code: 1163-228
This is an excavated block “I” button; the “I” designating Infantry. This is constructed of a stamped brass face with a tin back. The shank remains and stands perfectly straight. Nice brown patina on the brass; tin back has been coated and is perfectly preserved. Recovered at a Confederate field hospital site on the Crawford Farm (north of the Eisenhower farm) at Gettysburg by Ken Bream.
This is from the Ken Bream collection that was sold at auction in October 2021. Mr. Bream was a 1970 graduate of Gettysburg High School and life-long relic hunter and collector. His parents managed the Stuckey’s Restaurant that was once located on the north-west corner of the intersection of Emmitsburg and Wheatfield Roads. In the late 1960s through the early 1970s Ken worked on the Eisenhower Farm as a groundskeeper, maintenance man, and general helper for the Eisenhower’s. For many years, he was the Gettysburg Dog Enforcement Officer. This was lot #463. [jet] [ph:L]
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