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PAIR OF SMITH PATENT 1ST LIEUTENANT SHOULDER STRAPS ATTRIBUTED TO 147TH PENNSYLVANIA OFFICER

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Straps have the usual convex stamped brass false embroidered single border. The surfaces of each have a nice patina. The blue wool rank field has faded to a purple color. One strap has a fair amount of moth damage to the rank field while the other only has a small amount on one edge. Each have stamped brass false embroidered 1^st Lieutenant bars.

The reverse is also covered in blue wool that has turned a purple color and suffers from scattered moth damage.

With the straps is a typed tag that reads “1^ST LIEUTENANT SHOULDER STRAPS BELONGED TO CAPTAIN CHARLES S. DAVIS, CO. G 147^TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLS. HE DIED FROM A WOUND AT RINGGOLD, OR TAYLORS’ RIDGE, GEORGIA ON NOVEMBER 27, 1863.”

Charles S. Davis was commissioned Captain of Company G, 147^th Pennsylvania on September 15, 1862 and never held the rank of 1^st Lieutenant. It is known that the former owner of these straps did receive a small group of items from the family of Captain Davis. It is not known if these straps were actually a part of that group, or if they were mistakenly labeled as such by the previous owner.  [ad]

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