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COLLECTION OF ITEMS BOTH WARTIME AND VETERAN IDENTIFIED TO 8TH IOWA INFANTRY OFFICER

COLLECTION OF ITEMS BOTH WARTIME AND VETERAN IDENTIFIED TO 8TH IOWA INFANTRY OFFICER

This lot consists of item identified to Lieutenant Spencer Smith of Company A, 8th Iowa Infantry. Smith was born in Ogle County, Illinois on January 14, 1839 and relocated to Iowa with his family in… (460-1466). Learn More »

$995.00
Originally $1,100.00

KEPI CROWN FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

KEPI CROWN FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

This crown from a soldier’s kepi comes from excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, and is in remarkably good condition, showing just one short tear, with no fabric missing, a good edge, and traces of blue… (1052-442). Learn More »

UNCOMMON GERMAN LUFTWAFFE MODEL 1835 HELMET

UNCOMMON GERMAN LUFTWAFFE MODEL 1835 HELMET

Exceptional and uncommon Luftwaffe Model 1935 helmet made with only a single eagle decal and no national shield.  The lack of a national shield (and it never had one) dates the helmet to mid-1940;… (2024-190). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR US NAVY LT. COMMANDER’S COAT AND BUCKLE OF ALEXANDER COLE RHIND - USS CONSTELLATION, USS CRUSADER, USS KEOKUK, FOUGHT CS BATTERIES AT DEEP BOTTOM, COMMANDED A “POWDER BOAT” AGAINST FT. FISHER, LATER REAR ADMIRAL

CIVIL WAR US NAVY LT. COMMANDER’S COAT AND BUCKLE OF ALEXANDER COLE RHIND - USS CONSTELLATION, USS CRUSADER, USS KEOKUK, FOUGHT CS BATTERIES AT DEEP BOTTOM, COMMANDED A “POWDER BOAT” AGAINST FT. FISHER, LATER REAR ADMIRAL

This is a very appealing regulation Civil War navy officer’s frock coat with interesting history. The coat is very dark blue, almost black, double-breasted with two rows of 9 US Navy officer’s… (1179-650). 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… (1052-592). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR - INDIAN WAR SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

CIVIL WAR - INDIAN WAR SOCK FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, a fort established in 1870 and in operation into the 1890s. The dig was conducted on private property with the owner’s permission and has yielded… (1052-581). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR UNIFORM DRESS COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

CIVIL WAR UNIFORM DRESS COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

These section of lapel and coat lining from a Civil War US army dress coat was discarded by a soldier at Fort Pembina, ND, where it was recently recovered from excavations in wet, anaerobic soil that… (1052-567). Learn More »

PIECE OF ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

This piece of a U.S. Army blanket comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, where wet, anaerobic soil conditions produced not only leather gear, but cloth in amazingly good condition. This shows… (1052-607). 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… (1052-628). Learn More »

SCARCE CIVIL WAR INDIA RUBBER BLANKET OR PONCHO FRAGMENT  PONCHO FRAGMENT

SCARCE CIVIL WAR INDIA RUBBER BLANKET OR PONCHO FRAGMENT

Excavated portion of a Civil War poncho or rubber blanket. This is a rough rectangle, preserving one edge with its binding intact and one of the brass grommets, with its diamond/square shaped… (1052-570). Learn More »

SCARCE CIVIL WAR INDIA RUBBER BLANKET OR PONCHO FRAGMENT

SCARCE CIVIL WAR INDIA RUBBER BLANKET OR PONCHO FRAGMENT

Excavated portion of a Civil War poncho or rubber blanket. This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina in North Dakota, an army post garrisoned from 1870 to 1895. They were supplied at first with… (1052-568). Learn More »

RARE GERMAN ARMY MODEL 1938 OFFICER PANZER RECONNAISSANCE FIELD CAP

RARE GERMAN ARMY MODEL 1938 OFFICER PANZER RECONNAISSANCE FIELD CAP

Exceptional German overseas field cap with rare copper-brown piping denoting elite panzer reconnaissance (Panzer-Aufklärungs) troops.  This is a private purchase example of very high quality.  The… (2024-189). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR FROCK COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

CIVIL WAR FROCK COAT LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This lapel comes from the left side of US army dress coat discarded by a soldier at Fort Pembina, ND, and was excavated in wet, anaerobic soil that has preserved leather and cloth in remarkable… (1052-588). Learn More »

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 »


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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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