LARGE COMPANY LETTER "B" FOUND AT GETTYSBURG – GEISELMAN COLLECTION

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Item Code: 2024-1643

This fine, brass relic is the regulation-size, company letter "B" that was recovered in Gettysburg within days or weeks of the battle. Brass letter device, once part of the Dr. Hill Collection, was worn on the soldier's hat or cap as an adornment and signified the man's company designation. Bracket specimen is still strong and sturdy and measures no more than 1 long and 7/8" wide. Device retains only one of the brass wire loops on the underside. Brass letter wears a mellow and pleasing bronze patina from age. This artifact, from the Dr. Hill Collection, was found at an undisclosed location in Gettysburg and is identified in John Geiselman's collection by his contemporary inscribed labels. Originally sold as item R11734.  [ra] [ph:L]

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The Horse Soldier was pleased to offer a number of items from the John P. Geiselman collection, a collection that was on display for many years at the Geiselman Country Store Museum on Barlow - Two Taverns Road. Geiselman began his collecting as a child in the early 1920s, and during the pre-World II period had access to artifacts that had been purchased earlier at the estate sales of the Trostle, Rogers, Rose, Weikert, and Wentz farms - local properties that figured prominently in the battle and its aftermath. During this period he had access as well to the Hill , Plank, and Stewart collections, and was able to acquire other items that had been sold from turn-of-the-century relics establishments such as the Danner, Ziegler, and Oak Ridge Museums. Furthermore, Geiselman carefully documented most artifacts, and collectors perusing the list will be able to note, in many instances, not only the source of the relic and the date of its recovery, but also the part of the battlefield from which it came. In other words, his collection is the last major grouping of Gettysburg artifacts assembled and documented by a local resident.  [ad] [ph:L]

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