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KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, a small frontier army post in operation from 1870 to 1895, and is the stiffener from inside the top of a kepi a M1872 dress cap. It is black in… (1052-1152). Learn More »

KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, a small frontier army post in operation from 1870 to 1895, and is the stiffener from inside the top of a kepi a M1872 dress cap. It is black in… (1052-475). Learn More »

24th MICHIGAN IRON BRIGADE LT. COLONEL MARK FLANIGAN’S HARDEE HAT INSIGNIA WITH HIS LT. COLONEL AND BREVET BRIG. GENERAL SHOULDER STRAPS: WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG

24th MICHIGAN IRON BRIGADE LT. COLONEL MARK FLANIGAN’S HARDEE HAT INSIGNIA WITH HIS LT. COLONEL AND BREVET BRIG. GENERAL SHOULDER STRAPS: WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG

“Lieutenant-Colonel Flanigan lost his leg in this battle. His conduct here, as everywhere in battle, was gallant and daring.” So wrote Colonel Henry Morrow of the 24th Michigan in his official… (1255-01). Learn More »

INDIAN WARS MOUNTED SERVICES GREATCOAT WITH NEW YORK BUTTONS AND MAKER MARKINGS

INDIAN WARS MOUNTED SERVICES GREATCOAT WITH NEW YORK BUTTONS AND MAKER MARKINGS

This unique military overcoat is of the post-Civil War Indian Wars period and features a unique pattern with New York State appointments. The piece seems to be something of a hybrid between the m1858… (490-7149). Learn More »

BOOK – THE BATTLE FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE

BOOK – THE BATTLE FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE

By Howard Madaus & Robert Needham, published by the Milwaukee Public Museum in 1976. Soft cover, perfect bound, 152 pages, 8.5” x 11”. Heavily illustrated with line drawings of which some are… (1266-1055). Learn More »

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

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

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… (33-347). Learn More »

$480.00
Originally $650.00

PIECE OF A U.S. FLAG FROM THE FRONTIER US ARMY FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF A U.S. FLAG FROM THE FRONTIER US ARMY FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

This piece of bunting comes from excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, conducted on private property with the owner’s permission, a fort established in 1870 by troops of the 20th US Infantry and… (1052-722). Learn More »

PIECE OF CIVIL WAR - INDIAN WAR FRONTIER US ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF CIVIL WAR - INDIAN WAR FRONTIER US ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

This piece of a US Army military issue blanket comes from excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, conducted on private property with the owner’s permission, a fort established in 1870 by troops of the 20th… (1052-615). Learn More »

US ARMY SHIRT CUFF FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

US ARMY SHIRT CUFF FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

A relic from a small U.S. Army frontier post of the Indian Wars- part of a soldier’s shirt. This is the shirt cuff, still showing a small button near the corner, and a portion of the lower sleeve.… (1052-602). Learn More »

REMNANT OF SCARCE INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

REMNANT OF SCARCE INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, occupied 1870-1895, where cold weather in winter months might well be a concern. The army began issuing mittens in 1873. Before that men were left to… (1052-584). Learn More »

WELL-WORN CIVIL WAR BROGANS

WELL-WORN CIVIL WAR BROGANS

Officially known as the M1851 Jefferson Bootee, the simple but rugged “brogan” was the standard issue shoe for both US and CS forces during the Civil War. They have a medium rise upper with four… (1268-019). Learn More »

KEPI CHINSTRAP AND SIDE BUTTONS FROM AN INDIAN WAR FRONTIER

KEPI CHINSTRAP AND SIDE BUTTONS FROM AN INDIAN WAR FRONTIER

This is a complete leather chinstrap from an army kepi or forage cap from excavations at Fort Pembina, ND. The chinstrap is a two-piece style with a fixed loop on the end of one strap and a fixed… (1052-486). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT PIECE WITH BUTTON FROM FORT PEMBINA

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT PIECE WITH BUTTON FROM FORT PEMBINA

This is part of the right lapel of a US army coat discarded by a soldier at Fort Pembina, ND, sometime between 1870 and 1895, and is from excavations in wet, anaerobic soil that has preserved leather… (1052-724). Learn More »

PIECE OF US ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF US ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

This piece of a US Army military issue blanket comes from excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, conducted on private property with the owner’s permission, a fort established in 1870 by troops of the 20th… (1052-616). Learn More »

MAKER MARKED AMERICAN MILITARY OFFICER’S CHAPEAU CA. 1825-1835

MAKER MARKED AMERICAN MILITARY OFFICER’S CHAPEAU CA. 1825-1835

This scarce American military officer’s chapeau has a largely intact white silk lining bearing a black maker’s stamp reading “C. St. JOHN. / 118 / BROADWAY, New York.” Bazelon places Charles… (413-01). Learn More »

$1,750.00
Originally $2,450.00

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE OR DRESS COAT FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE OR DRESS COAT FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This is a piece from the lapel of a US Army jacket showing part of the blue outer fabric, the lining and the remains of five corroded brass buttons. From the size and spacing of the buttons this is… (1052-608). Learn More »

PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

The army had vast stocks of Civil War material left over at the end of the war. These supplies, along with the reduction of the postwar army meant U.S. troops were getting Civil War gear well into the… (1052-617). Learn More »

SCARCE INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

SCARCE INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, occupied 1870-1895, where cold weather in winter months might well be a concern. The army began issuing mittens in 1873. Before that men were left to… (1052-620). Learn More »

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, NDA, ND

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, occupied 1870-1895, where cold weather in winter months might well be a concern. The army began issuing mittens in 1873. Before that men were left to… (1052-619). Learn More »

FLY FROM INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S TROUSERS, FORT PEMBINA, ND

FLY FROM INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S TROUSERS, FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, occupied 1870-1895, where the wet, anaerobic soil conditions of the dig (conducted on private property with the owner’s permission,) have yielded… (1052-599). Learn More »

$65.00
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CONFEDERATE CLIP POINT BOWIE WITH SALVAGED MUSICIAN SWORD BRASS HILT

This clip-point Bowie a great example of southern improvisation- a kind of weapons-making version of folk art – not sophisticated, but with an appeal of it own.  Measuring 19.5 inches overall, the knife has a 13.25 inch blade that is 1.5 inches… (490-3265). Learn More »

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