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PIECE OF PRIVATE PURCHASE SOLDIER’S SHIRT FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF PRIVATE PURCHASE SOLDIER’S SHIRT FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

Army issue shirts had little going for them in comfort and less in style. This is a fragment of a privately purchased shirt from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, garrisoned from 1870 to 1895. This… (1052-606). Learn More »

MODEL 1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE FRAGMENT: FORT PEMBINA

MODEL 1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE FRAGMENT: FORT PEMBINA

This appears to be the rollover collar and portion of the chest from a M1872 fatigue blouse. This was pleated nine-button blouse piped on the collar and cuff, made in lined and unlined versions, with… (1052-598). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR US IMPORT FRENCH CHASSEUR EPAULETS: 18th MASS AND OTHERS

CIVIL WAR US IMPORT FRENCH CHASSEUR EPAULETS: 18th MASS AND OTHERS

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 »

WORLD WAR TWO GERMAN DOUBLE DECAL MODEL 1940 LUFTWAFFE HELMET

WORLD WAR TWO GERMAN DOUBLE DECAL MODEL 1940 LUFTWAFFE HELMET

Helmet is the Model 1940 with rolled edge and molded air vents. Helmet is painted a dark gray color. The left side has the Luftwaffe decal of which 98% remains with the swastika missing. The right… (1176-16). Learn More »

SCARCE CIVIL WAR PONCHO OR “GUM BLANKET” FRAGMENT

SCARCE CIVIL WAR PONCHO OR “GUM BLANKET” FRAGMENT

Civil War period ponchos and rubber blankets are extremely scarce despite being widely used and valued by troops in the field. They were so useful at home as to be used up by veterans and their… (1052-630). Learn More »

CIRCA 1835 US DIPLOMAT’S COAT

CIRCA 1835 US DIPLOMAT’S COAT

This is a colorful, elegant, and very high-grade cut-away tail coat in excellent condition with no mothing whatsoever and just one small tear under one arm. The coat is single breasted, fitted with… (622-410). Learn More »

$3,825.00
Originally $4,250.00

KEPI OR DRESS HAT STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

KEPI OR DRESS HAT STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

This leather disk seems to be the stiffener from inside the top of a hat, either a kepi or dress hat. It is circular and folded over on one side, black in color with gray and white stains, and comes… (1052-476). Learn More »

SCARCE CIVIL WAR PONCHO OR “GUM BLANKET” FRAGMENT

SCARCE CIVIL WAR PONCHO OR “GUM BLANKET” FRAGMENT

This scarce fragment comes from either a poncho or blanket (often referred to as “rubberized,” “gum,” or “painted” blankets.) The significant difference being the presence of slit for the… (1052-627). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

This strip of cloth shows three buttonholes indicating it is from the lapel of a coat and the spacing suggests it is from an army fatigue blouse. This comes from excavations at Fort Pembina, a small… (1052-614). Learn More »

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This appears to be the 1877 pattern army sock, which was medium gray in color, had white toes, and the weave of the heel running parallel with the leg and nearly at a right angle to the foot. We show… (1052-594). Learn More »

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, and appears to be the 1877 pattern army sock, which was medium gray in color, had white toes, and the weave of the heel running parallel with the… (1052-593). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG FROM ISLAND NUMBER TEN

CONFEDERATE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG FROM ISLAND NUMBER TEN

This Confederate First National flag has a tight provenance going back to 1935, and before that an oral history as a war souvenir brought back from Island Number Ten by James William McLaughlin, a… (1179-004). Learn More »

$35,000.00
Originally $40,000.00

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

This strip of cloth with four closely spaced button holes is likely the remnant of an army dress coat discarded after its useful days were done at Fort Pembina, a small frontier garrison in North… (1052-613). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

This strip of cloth showing six buttonholes is likely the remnant of an army dress coat discarded after its useful days were done at Fort Pembina, a small frontier garrison in North Dakota, where wet,… (1052-612). Learn More »

VERY RARE RICHMOND CLOTHING BUREAU / RICHMOND DEPOT ARTILLERY ENLISTED MAN’S CAP

VERY RARE RICHMOND CLOTHING BUREAU / RICHMOND DEPOT ARTILLERY ENLISTED MAN’S CAP

Formerly in the collections of the Texas Civil War Museum, this Confederate artilleryman’s cap is discussed and illustrated as Figures 052a-c in Fred Adophus’s excellent article: “The… (1179-409). Learn More »

CAPTURED CONFEDERATE SECOND NATIONAL FLAG, UNUSUAL VARIATION WITH MADAUS LETTER, FROM A SOLDIER IN THE 59th NEW YORK

CAPTURED CONFEDERATE SECOND NATIONAL FLAG, UNUSUAL VARIATION WITH MADAUS LETTER, FROM A SOLDIER IN THE 59th NEW YORK

This 2nd National Confederate Flag was purchased in the 1980s by a well-respected Florida dealer/collector directly from descendants of the Union soldier who had kept it as a trophy. It comes with a… (1179-019). 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… (1052-585). Learn More »

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, and appears to be the 1877 pattern army sock, which was medium gray in color, had white toes, and the weave of the heel running parallel with the… (1052-583). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

This lapel comes from a US army coat discarded by a soldier at Fort Pembina, ND, and still has five enlisted, general service eagle buttons in place. This comes from excavations in wet, anaerobic soil… (1052-565). Learn More »

SCARCE CIVIL WAR ARMY ISSUE SHOE, A.K.A. BROGAN OR BOOTTEE

SCARCE CIVIL WAR ARMY ISSUE SHOE, A.K.A. BROGAN OR BOOTTEE

This Civil War issue shoe is missing the vamp, but shows illustrates the typical construction of an issue brogan. This comes from a U.S. Army Indian War post established in 1870, a period in which the… (1052-542). Learn More »


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OFFICER’S FROCK COAT OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH K. BARNES, SURGEON GENERAL OF THE U.S. ARMY 1864-1882

This would be the centerpiece of any medical collection: the Major General’s frock coat of Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes. Barnes was born in Philadelphia in 1817, studied medicine at Harvard, under US Navy Surgeon General Harris, and received… (1179-579). Learn More »

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