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RARE EXCAVATED OHIO INFANTRY OVM BELT PLATE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION

RARE EXCAVATED OHIO INFANTRY OVM BELT PLATE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION

The Ohio Volunteer Militia was formally organized in 1857 and these small or medium size OVM belt plates follow the lines and general dimensions of the early US oval patterns used by regular army… (2025-3039). Learn More »

W.H. SMITH MARKED US CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE RECOVERED BY SYD KERKSIS AT BLACKFORD’S FORD, MD, IN JULY 1960

W.H. SMITH MARKED US CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE RECOVERED BY SYD KERKSIS AT BLACKFORD’S FORD, MD, IN JULY 1960

This maker-marked cartridge box plate was found by Syd Kerksis, one of the legendary early relic hunters and collectors, author of “Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795-1874,” and is… (2026-1553). Learn More »

GAYLORD MARKED EAGLE CARTRIDGE BOX BELT PLATE FOUND NOVEMBER 1958 BY SID KERKSIS AT DREWRY’S BLUFF IN HECKMAN’S LINES

GAYLORD MARKED EAGLE CARTRIDGE BOX BELT PLATE FOUND NOVEMBER 1958 BY SID KERKSIS AT DREWRY’S BLUFF IN HECKMAN’S LINES

This regulation US belt plate for the infantry cartridge box sling was in the collection of Syd Kerksis, well-known and respected early collector and author and comes with his annotated envelope… (2026-1552). Learn More »

FEDERAL RELIC CARTRIDGE BOX AND WAIST BELT WITH POSSIBLE CONFEDERATE USE, FROM THE SHIELDS MUSEUM OF GETTYSBURG

FEDERAL RELIC CARTRIDGE BOX AND WAIST BELT WITH POSSIBLE CONFEDERATE USE, FROM THE SHIELDS MUSEUM OF GETTYSBURG

Here we have two early relic pickups from the Gettysburg battlefield that once adorned the museum walls of Gettysburg resident Arthur Ott Shields. Mr. Shields started his museum in 1918 and filled the… (1128-04). Learn More »

GETTYSBURG RECOVERED SOLDIER-CARVED MINIE BALL

GETTYSBURG RECOVERED SOLDIER-CARVED MINIE BALL

This is a US .58 Cal. bullet shaped and carved with an officer’s name that was found here at Gettysburg and comes from the Rosensteel-Rider collection. The Rosensteel family needs no introduction to… (2025-1746). Learn More »

EXCAVATED BRITISH 1796 PATTERN SABER WITH GETTYSBURG TAG

EXCAVATED BRITISH 1796 PATTERN SABER WITH GETTYSBURG TAG

No markings are visible but the pattern is clearly a British 1796 light cavalry saber, measuring 36-12” overall with a 32” blade and instantly recognizable from its iron stirrup hilt and… (490-7599). Learn More »

WAR OF 1812 ERA US HORSEMAN’S SABER - FORT NIAGARA

WAR OF 1812 ERA US HORSEMAN’S SABER - FORT NIAGARA

A US horseman’s saber excavated on private property with the owner’s permission in the area of Fort Niagara, which saw extensive activity in the War of 1812, particularly in 1813 but, given the… (1273-120). Learn More »

P1853 ENFIELD SOCKET BAYONET FOUND IN CAMP OF HOOD’S TEXAS BRIGADE

P1853 ENFIELD SOCKET BAYONET FOUND IN CAMP OF HOOD’S TEXAS BRIGADE

This is an excavated relic. Iron Enfield bayonet with tip broken off is pitted but otherwise very solid and stable. This was cleaned and coated. The tip of the blade is gone leaving a 12.75” long… (844-65). Learn More »

EXCAVATED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS GRIP

EXCAVATED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS GRIP

An excavated, but very good condition example of the grip and pommel of a CS Naval cutlass. This measures 5” overall and preserves the scaled grip and the pommel decoration: “CSN” incised in… (1309-777). Learn More »

CS 3.67” MARSHALL, TX ARSENAL-POINTED SCHENKL BOLT - REC. PROVENCAL, LA

CS 3.67” MARSHALL, TX ARSENAL-POINTED SCHENKL BOLT - REC. PROVENCAL, LA

Manufactured at the Marshall Arsenal, Marshall, Texas. The design utilized many features from the Federal Schenkl style, but is a unique CS design. The Confederates replaced the paper sleeve from the… (2026-534). Learn More »

$1,450.00
ON HOLD

EXCAVATED CONFEDERATE 3” ARCHER BOLT - SHILOH, TN

EXCAVATED CONFEDERATE 3” ARCHER BOLT - SHILOH, TN

The design was likely produced by Dr. Robert Archer, a partner of Joseph Anderson, the superintendent at the Tredegar Foundry in Richmond, VA. Constructed of cast iron, this bolt specimen features a… (2026-519). Learn More »

$1,250.00
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RELIC -- CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY BLOCK “A” BUTTON

RELIC -- CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY BLOCK “A” BUTTON

This excavated two-piece button was used by Confederate artillerymen. Button is in good “dug” condition. The copper face has a fine dark patina with a bold “A” standing out. Tin back has one… (2026-90). Learn More »

RELIC, US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE -- CHANCELLORSVILLE

RELIC, US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE -- CHANCELLORSVILLE

This US shoulder belt plate was affixed to the front of the shoulder belt for the infantry cartridge box. It features the spread-winged eagle design. Brass face is smooth and retains fine detail. Even… (1032-255). Learn More »

MODEL 1835/1842 SOCKET BAYONET AND P1859 SCABBARD – FROM YORK SPRINGS GAR POST #551

MODEL 1835/1842 SOCKET BAYONET AND P1859 SCABBARD – FROM YORK SPRINGS GAR POST #551

This Model 1835/42 Bayonet and P1859 Scabbard were part of the relic collections in G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Post #551. This was the Peter Miller Post in York Springs, Pennsylvania. Named… (1202-1050). Learn More »

CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM CEDAR MOUNTAIN RECOVERED BY SYD KERKSIS OCTOBER 1957

CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM CEDAR MOUNTAIN RECOVERED BY SYD KERKSIS OCTOBER 1957

This is a very good excavated condition M1839 cartridge box plate recovered by pioneer relic hunter, scholar, and author Syd Kerksis, that is still in his collection envelope documenting its recovery… (2025-186). Learn More »

$495.00
ON HOLD

THOMAS PORTER SLAVE TRADE BUTTON MADE OF PEWTER

THOMAS PORTER SLAVE TRADE BUTTON MADE OF PEWTER

Very good condition slave trade button made of pewter, bearing on the face “T. Porter,” the mark of Thomas Porter II (1790-1857), with a manufacturer’s mark on reverse, which is somewhat… (2026-336). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR ENFIELD BAYONET WITH A SCABBARD FROM G.A.R. POST 551, YORK SPRINGS

CIVIL WAR ENFIELD BAYONET WITH A SCABBARD FROM G.A.R. POST 551, YORK SPRINGS

This is a terrific old battlefield “pick-up” relic from a local G.A.R. veterans’ post. The P1853 Enfield socket bayonet is in early battlefield pick-up condition with a dark brown tone and light… (1202-510). Learn More »

LARGE FRAMED RELIC SHOWBOARD

LARGE FRAMED RELIC SHOWBOARD

This relic board is very like those assembled from Gettysburg relics by John Rosensteel and displayed on the porch of the Round Top Museum, but differs in displaying the relics on horizontal rather… (1242-06). Learn More »

$2,800.00
Originally $3,000.00

CIVIL WAR ENLISTEDMAN’S BELT AND BUCKLE FROM G.A.R. POST 551, YORK SPRINGS

CIVIL WAR ENLISTEDMAN’S BELT AND BUCKLE FROM G.A.R. POST 551, YORK SPRINGS

This is a terrific old battlefield “pick-up” Civil War enlisted belt and buckle. Leather belt is in fair condition for a “relic.” Leather is crinkled, dried, and shows “shrinkage” with… (1202-1025). Learn More »

EARLY GETTYSBURG SOUVENIR WOOD CANE STAMPED PICKETT’S CHARGE

EARLY GETTYSBURG SOUVENIR WOOD CANE STAMPED PICKETT’S CHARGE

Here is an early souvenir walking cane made of sapling taken from the famous Gettysburg battlefield area of Pickett’s Charge. This wooden cane measures about 36" long. The handle area retains 10”… (2025-538). Learn More »


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