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CABINET CARD OF SIX ANNAPOLIS CADETS

CABINET CARD OF SIX ANNAPOLIS CADETS

This is a cabinet card depicting six cadets in uniform. Measures 4.25” x 6” overall. Three cadets are seated in front with three more standing behind. All are in typical cadet-style uniforms with… (1266-781) SOLD. Learn More »

SOLDIER’S KERCHIEF FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

SOLDIER’S KERCHIEF FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

Portion of a red and white print soldier’s kerchief from a small US Army frontier post of the Indian Wars. This portion of a kerchief only survived by being discarded at some point between 1870 and… (1052-721) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

Portion of soldier’s sock from a small US Army frontier post of the Indian Wars. Socks, shirts and undergarments are about the toughest antique uniform items to find- after all, who would save them?… (1052-591) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

THE SANTA FE TRAIL! METROPOLITAN NAVY REVOLVER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CARRIED BY A “GOVERNMENT FREIGHTER” IN 1860’S COLORADO

THE SANTA FE TRAIL! METROPOLITAN NAVY REVOLVER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CARRIED BY A “GOVERNMENT FREIGHTER” IN 1860’S COLORADO

This pistol was donated to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1911 and later deaccessioned. It comes with copies of the museum’s files documenting its donation by an Annie R. Parker who… (172-6072) SOLD. Learn More »

SIXTH PLATE OUTDOOR FAMILY AMBROTYPE- HEADING WEST? A PHOTOGRAPHER’S TRAVELING STUDIO?

SIXTH PLATE OUTDOOR FAMILY AMBROTYPE- HEADING WEST? A PHOTOGRAPHER’S TRAVELING STUDIO?

This intriguing image shows a mother with her six children seated on the ground at the back end of what appears to be a heavy freight wagon of some sort, with another vehicle parked next to it on the… (1266-720) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

CDV OF VERY YOUNG PMA CADET, WEST CHESTER, PA

CDV OF VERY YOUNG PMA CADET, WEST CHESTER, PA

A fine carte de viste (cdv) of a cadet in uniform. Studio view posed sitting in chair. Full view with cadet wearing jacket, trousers, kepi, waist belt with two-piece buckle, and bayonet. Uniform… (1266-770) SOLD. Learn More »

UNION CAVALRY CARBINE CARTRIDGE BOX WITH IDENTIFICATION DISPLAY TAG

UNION CAVALRY CARBINE CARTRIDGE BOX WITH IDENTIFICATION DISPLAY TAG

This is a good example of the Civil War Union cavalry carbine cartridge box made and marked on the inner flap by “Hoover Calhoun & Co” of New York, a well known supplier of leather gear to the… (1211-191) SOLD. Learn More »

CROSBY MODEL FIFE BY GEORGE CLOOS

CROSBY MODEL FIFE BY GEORGE CLOOS

An excellent condition rosewood fife bearing the “CROSBY / GC” stamp of George Cloos of Brooklyn. “Crosby” is very clear. The intertwined GC below it is somewhat rubbed, with only portions of… (2024-2396) SOLD. Learn More »

WATERVLIET ARSENAL MARKED RIFLE SLING

WATERVLIET ARSENAL MARKED RIFLE SLING

This leather U.S. rifle sling is in good, solid condition with the brass hook and fixed standing loop firmly in place, and the sliding, tightening loop present. The finish is a mix of deep brown and… (286-1381) SOLD. Learn More »

“SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY” COMMUNIQUE—GENERAL WADE HAMPTON TO GENL. BEAUREGARD

“SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY” COMMUNIQUE—GENERAL WADE HAMPTON TO GENL. BEAUREGARD

Dated 24 February 1865. On printed Southern Express Company form—[“Forward Packages, by Passenger Trains and Steamers, and dispatches by Telegraph to all parts of the Confederate States.”] One … (1179-1687) SOLD. Learn More »

MINTZER 1861 DATED GEORGIA BUTTON

MINTZER 1861 DATED GEORGIA BUTTON

Non-dug, very good example of this well-made, two-piece convex button manufactured and dated 1861 by W.G. Mintzer of Philadelphia. This features the state arms on the face- three pillars supporting an… (2024-2375) SOLD. Learn More »

WW2 US ARMY DISSTON 18” MACHETE DATED 1945 WITH BECKWITH 1945 DATED CANVAS/PLASTIC SCABBARD

WW2 US ARMY DISSTON 18” MACHETE DATED 1945 WITH BECKWITH 1945 DATED CANVAS/PLASTIC SCABBARD

For details on US Army, Navy and Airforce machetes see Cole, US Military Knives, Book III. These were survival and landing force weapons and came in a variety of blade lengths, markings, finish,… (169-948) SOLD. Learn More »

CONFEDERATE TWO-PIECE INTERLOCKING “CS” SWORD BELT PLATE

CONFEDERATE TWO-PIECE INTERLOCKING “CS” SWORD BELT PLATE

This original excavated Civil War Confederate two-piece interlocking belt buckle is the classic “tongue and wreath” style used on sword belts. The two elements were found together, fit well, and… (2022-839) SOLD. Learn More »

APPOMATTOX RELIC COLLECTION

APPOMATTOX RELIC COLLECTION

Housed in a handsome Riker display box, these relics came to us as part of a larger acquisition in 1995 from a private museum in Appomattox, Virginia. The grouping includes 10 dropped .58 caliber… (173-4298) SOLD. Learn More »

$95.00
SOLD

APPOMATTOX RELIC COLLECTION

APPOMATTOX RELIC COLLECTION

Housed in a handsome Riker display box, these relics came to us as part of a larger acquisition in 1995 from a private museum in Appomattox, Virginia. The grouping includes 18 pulled .58 caliber… (173-4294) SOLD. Learn More »

$95.00
SOLD

APPOMATTOX RELIC COLLECTION

APPOMATTOX RELIC COLLECTION

Housed in a handsome Riker display box, these relics came to us as part of a larger acquisition in 1995 from a private museum in Appomattox, Virginia. The grouping includes 10 dropped .58 caliber… (173-4297) SOLD. Learn More »

$95.00
SOLD

CLEAN FIRST MODEL MERRILL CARBINE

CLEAN FIRST MODEL MERRILL CARBINE

This original, breech-loading carbine is one of only some 14,500 weapons produced by H. Merrill of Baltimore, MD. This cavalry weapon is a wartime example of the First Type Merrill carbine in .54… (1099-41) SOLD. Learn More »

OLD MAYNARD TAPE PRIMER TIN WITH FOUR ROLLS OF PRIMERS

OLD MAYNARD TAPE PRIMER TIN WITH FOUR ROLLS OF PRIMERS

Offered here are four rolls of Maynard tape primers and the tin they came in. The tin itself is in poor condition as it obviously spent the years in a damp environment. Although basically complete… (665-108) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

CONFEDERATE AMNESTY OATH / TEXAS - CHARLES C. LUND

CONFEDERATE AMNESTY OATH / TEXAS - CHARLES C. LUND

Dated 12th day of July 1865, at Galveston, Texas. Printed government form. One page, 9.375” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks, and chipping at the extremities. Else VG & entirely legible. Text:  I,… (1179-1688) SOLD. Learn More »

ELMER ELLSWORTH BROADSIDE—”IN MEMORY OF COL. ELLSWORTH FIRE ZOUAVES, ASSASSINATED, MAY 24TH. 1861.”

ELMER ELLSWORTH BROADSIDE—”IN MEMORY OF COL. ELLSWORTH FIRE ZOUAVES, ASSASSINATED, MAY 24TH. 1861.”

Published by J. Wrigley, New York, circa 1861. One page, bordered w/ colored stars and stripes, featured a four stanza poem commemorating the young colonel of the famed New York Fire Zouaves, shot… (1179-1690) SOLD. Learn More »


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EARLY WAR U.S. CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABER, 1840 STYLE, BY SMITH, CRANE AND COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1858 TO 1862

Smith, Crane and Company pieces are scarce. They were only in business from 1858 through 1862, retailing military goods in New York City. Their swords were imported, of German make and likely by Schnitzler and Kirschbaum, though not maker marked.… (870-263). Learn More »

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