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Strap is made of dark blue cloth with a double row of dead bullion for a border. The rank field is of black velvet while the rank of captain is made of bars of heavy gold bullion thread. The underside… (460-1468). Learn More »
Regulation 1858 eagle used on enlisted man's dress (Hardee) hat to loop the side of the dress hat up. It was originally introduced in 1851 as a pompon eagle, attached to the base of the pompon holder… (490-6479). Learn More »
$100.00
ON HOLD
This excavated brass badge measuring 1 3/4" in width shows shows as a dark, brownish-green with dusty white spots and on the reverse shows two gray and white ovals where a pin and fastening hook had… (1219-51). Learn More »
$275.00
SOLD
This lot consists of item identified to Lieutenant Spencer Smith of Company A, 8th Iowa Infantry. Smith was born in Ogle County, Illinois on January 14, 1839 and relocated to Iowa with his family in… (460-1466). Learn More »
$995.00
Originally $1,100.00
Sometimes confused with the Veteran Reserve Corps, or the earlier First Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac, Hancock’s Veteran Corps (sometimes referred to as Hancock’s First Veteran Corps) was… (1179-640). Learn More »
Use of this badge is complicated by confusion between the 8th Corps, which technically was under Lew Wallace and guarded the B&O Railroad in 1864 and George Crook’s “Army of West Virginia,”… (1179-637). Learn More »
These green and yellow epaulets were part of the 10,000 unforms ordered in Summer 1861 by the US government from the French firm of Godillot to alleviate uniform shortages and test the usefulness of… (149-44). Learn More »
Field grade officer’s shoulder straps are scarce. Infantry regiments usually fielded ten companies with three officers each, but just one of each grade of field officer to the entire regiment: a… (2024-87). Learn More »
$525.00
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This set belonged to an unidentified officer in a 5th Infantry regiment judging from the officer’s embroidered hunting horn insignia on the front of the cap with a “5” in the loop of the horn,… (1179-354). Learn More »
This is a very good pair of infantry shoulder straps for a second lieutenant, the junior officer of an infantry company, serving under a first lieutenant and a captain as company commander, and… (2023-3244). Learn More »
$425.00
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This silver badge is crescent shaped and meas. approx. 1.00 inch long. It is engraved around the edges with a linear decoration and engraved on its face is “SKIDS.” Reverse has the remains of a… (2024-29). Learn More »
Artillery colonel is a rare rank since it supposes an entire regiment, which was fairly uncommon even in the army’s massive expansion during the Civil War. This is a nice set using a silver… (2023-3255). Learn More »
$650.00
SOLD
Originally $27.95, now just $20.00. Brand new copies, softcover, 210 pp. 8 ½” x 11”, numerous b&w photos & illustrations. Published 1988. This extensively researched and documented book… (2024-20). Learn More »
This is a very good condition set of Smith patent shoulder straps for a second lieutenant of cavalry, showing strong color to the yellow ground and good gilt left on the brass frame border, stamped to… (2023-3252). Learn More »
This wonderful grouping includes two wartime identification badges, a rotary valve cornet dating about 1864, along with his GAR membership badge and veteran’s id badge. To top it off, in addition to… (1179-420). Learn More »
This badge has a foliate bordered pinback top bar with a light blue ribbon- perhaps a bluish-gray originally- with the “DALLAS / 1902” stamped in gold near the top, from which is suspended a gilt… (1179-700I). Learn More »
Double matted in cream and red and measures 11” x14”, unframed. Original brass infantry insignia at center, on top of a 3 ½” x 2 ½” fragment of a 34 star flag. Minor bump at upper right… (M25233). Learn More »
These infantry 1st Lieutenant shoulder straps are the Smith patent, using thin stamped gilt brass in imitation of bullion embroidery for the borders and the rank bars, which are attached to a light… (480-335). Learn More »
Gold colored hunting horns with a full loop became the regulation insignia for U.S. infantry in 1851 and lasted until the adoption of crossed rifles in 1875. This is a very good example of the… (998-653). Learn More »
$395.00
Originally $550.00
Embroidered Infantry hunting horn insignia done entirely in gold bullion thread. The backing is the usual black felt cut into an odd trapezoidal shape with no border. The edge of the bell and the… (380-70). Learn More »
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Officially referred to as army bootees, collectors most often know them as brogans, a term used at the time, though soldiers mostly called them just shoes. They were produced in a number of variations, with both sewn and pegged soles, made by hand… (149-42). Learn More »