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Civil War Period Drum Sticks with Buckle - Nice Pair of 16" rosewood drum sticks with brass keeper buckle, both show minor wear & use, excellent condition and hard to improve on or up-grade here. - Price is $ 1250.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-1
Civil War Artillery Shell Jacket - Excellent condition overall with no mothing, standard 12 button front with a 2 1/2" stand up collar, both pillows on the reverse. Jacket shows minor wear & use, complete with all period buttons, 4 with backmarks, liner excellent with only a couple small areas of seam separation, nothing extreme, inside sleeve with 3 dots for size 3, custome markings blacken out with no harm done, inspection mark stamped although hard to decipher, excellent display here. - Price is $ SOLD plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-2-664
SCARCE Civil War Flag Pole Rope & Tassel - From the Craig Caba collection who purchased a whole box of these, the box was marked from the Horstmann Company, just a tad over 15 feet long with 3/8" rope, the tassel ends & knots are 6 1/2" long, material looks to be a mixture of silk & wool blend, this one remains in excellent unused condition, last one. - Price is $ 350.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-3-788
Civil War Union Officer's Frock Coat - Excellent example of a regulation 9 button single breasted fine dark blue wool frock with quilted green silk, cotton, polished blend liner. All buttons are Eagle General Service Staff with "Canfield. Bros & Co Baltimore" backmarks with 9 on the front, 2 on the reverse back and 3 each cuff. Jacket has inside pocket with tails each having one. Elbow size laid flat is balloon to 9 1/2", cuffs are 4 1/2" flat, shoulder to shoulder is 18", stand up velvet lined collar is 1 1/2", middle back reverse is 19 1/2" to top collar with middle back to bottom tail 21 1/2". Previous owner had jacket professionally restored with work being top rate & museum quality, to include liner & moth damage repairs. Most moth damage was to the left side as can be seen in photos, nothing extreme but shows trails. I cant stress enough the quality of this restoration. Uniform does show light use & wear and not being used for any long period of time during the war. Shoulder straps have been removed and will be up to buyer to replace or leave alone. HUZZAH !! - Price is $ 5500.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-4-930
Brass Bugle - Brass Artillery Bugle maker marked Henry Keat & Sons as well as the mouth piece. Bugle is approximately 10 1/2" long with a 4" diameter reinforced bell, very good condition showing use & wear with minor dents, nice dark patina, artillery cord is a replacement and not original. Not much information out there to date bugles, most likly Indian War Era, circa 1870's. - Price is $ 1250.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-5
Artillery Shell Jacket - Excellent Condition Artillery Shell Jacket with a 12 button front, 2 3/4" stand up collar. Jacket complete with all buttons, all front buttons resewed, 2 are replaced with period buttons, 2" seam separation left shoulder, easy fix if desired, minor wear to inside collar & cuff area, jacket overall excellent condition. - Price is $ 2850.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-6-481
GAR Kepi - GAR kepi with post 58 insignia, this is one of several in Harrisburg, Pa. The largest civil war training camp was located in Harrisbrg, Camp Curtain, this is where many of union troop passed & enlisted. No mothing of any kind with only minor liner damage, being torn & pulled loose on the one side. Complete sweat band, neatly stiched inside "L.B." for owner, remains of the size sticker "7" still intact. Silver maker stamping looks to be Horstmann, can't decipher. Excellent condition overall & a nice display here. - Price is LAYAWAY $ 550.00 SALE PENDING plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-7-886
Civil War Era Wood Snare Drum - Natural wood body snare drum, 17" in diameter by 13 1/2" high having natural wood hoops drilled for rope tensioners with a ten pointed star inlay around the vent hole typical of Drum Maker William Sempf of New York. Marked inside on hoop as being played by William H. Carlisle. Tag & information purchased with drum identify it to William Carlisle age 24 Co. F. 113 Pa Vol Leeburg, Va. also to Howard Carlisle, age 10, 1896. Copies of William Carlisle service records are included. This information was included when restored by Jack Gurney. Drum is in excellent condition being completely restored, included are 16" oak reproduction drum sticks for display. - Price is $ 950.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item HG-8
Civil War Forage Hat - Forage Hat remains very good condition with light moth nipping, one small trail, left side, not complete or torn through, overall shows light use & wear, some leather brim & chin strap stain to wool body, leather sweat band a tad loose with some missing stiching. Both original infantry "I" buttons, liner may be an old period replacement and is very well done, I make note here, almost impossible to tell and does not hurt any when displayed, you look at the outside. Forage Hats are drying up & getting difficult to replace when sold, this one will display very nice in any collection. - Price is $ 3200.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item HG-9-537
MINT Chapeau - Circa 1840's - Excellent Example here of one of the most sought after headgears, had a few over the years and none finer than this one, shows very little wear, no moth damage and is complete. Button is an Eagle Infantry with Superior Quality Back-Mark. Museum Grade Condition !!! - Price is $ 1250.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-10-225
Civil War Folding Cot - Old tag reads, Officers Folding Field Cot, I suspect this was for medical use, my opinion, yet, I have never seen another just like it. Overall very good condition showing age, leather straps are tired, bottom bed leather straps for metal cast iron brackets are broke and need replaced, easy fix with a couple inches of old leather. Cot legs fold & tuck in, then folds in half to a size of 25" by 17 1/2", bed size is 17 1/2" by 50 1/2", wood remains very good condition with no issues or problems. - Price is $ 475.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-11-929
RARE & SCARCE - Medical Officer's Sash - Sash remains in near excellent condition, shows minor wear & use, sash has about 10 very small snags from being worn along with stains which I believe to be blood. The size is 10 feet long, 120", sash body is 4" wide with the tassel fringe & knots being 9" long. Medical Sash of this quality very seldom found for sale, Museum Grade Condition. - Price is LAYAWAY $ 3500.00 SALE PENDING plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-12
Pre-Civil War or Militia Sash - Sash is fine woven wool, 11 1/2 feet long, 140" total with a 4" body relaxed flat, the tassels are 14" long, couple very small snags with minor age spotting, sash does show wear & age. Possible a early NCO Militia Sash, I date this one to circa 1850's, very good condition overall. - Price is $ 850.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-13-335
SCARCE EXAMPLE HERE - Civil War Period Quartermaster 1st Lieutenant of Staff Officer Shoulder Straps - Near MINT showing signs of age & LIGHT use, triple border with leather backing, large pair, each 5" by 2 1/4". - Price is $ 1850.00 SALE PENDING plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-14-708
Civil War Period Quartermaster 1st Lieutenant of Staff Officer Shoulder Straps - Near Excellent overall showing signs of age & use, double border edge, open backs with fine burlap backing material, the backs shows signs of moth nipping. Black velvet front field is thin in areas with the "QD" bullion tarnished from storage, a nice pair of scarce straps. - Price is $ 1250.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-15
Mexican War Lieutenant Colonel of Staff Shoulder Straps - SCARCE as hens teeth today, straps shows signs of use & wear, overall they remain near excellent in condition, all hand sewed & manufactured, the size is 2" by 4 1/4" I have yet to experience or examine another pair of this magnitude & they don't come cheap. - Price is $ 2500.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-16
Restored 19th Century Drum - Maker label inside drum of Henry Eisele of New York, drum is a natural wood "maple" body having original hoops with rope tensioner hooks, the size is 17" in diameter by 14". The vent hole is surrounded by an 10 pointed inlay star. The drum is identified to be played by Bartholomew M. Lynch, Co. C. 203 Regiment Pa Volunteers with period inscriptions inside shell, one dates to Waverly, Pa 1875, copies of service records are included. He is listed as a Musician and seems to have played a part on the assault & capture of Fort Fisher January 15, 1865, this does not confirm the drum was there. Drum has a complete restoration with leathers & rope being replaced, bottom head looks period as well as the strainer, included are 16" reproduction drum sticks for display. - Price is $ 950.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-17
Graduation Cap - The cap is no question 19th century, circa 1880's to 1900, somewhat scarce example, by far this is the oldest I have yet to experience & examine, shows all signs of 19th century construction, sewing, material, etc. Cap top is 9" by 9" with a velvet center button, missing the tassel. Leather sweat band & liner complete, overall very good to include a size sticker, marked 7 1/8. Shows signs of storage with moth damage, if you collect head gear, you need this for your collection. - Price is $ 125.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-18
MINTY Civil War Cavalry of 1st Lieutenant Shoulder Straps - WOW - Triple Border & Mint Straps HERE, the size is 2" by 4 1/2", they both show no signs of use, only light tarnish from age & storage, scarce example here, I have yet to examine another pair of this magnitude & quality. - Price is $ 1800.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-19
Civil War French Model 1860 Leather Shako - The sturdy black leather shako was issued to 62d & 83d Pennsylvania, 18th Massachusetts and the 49th & 72d New York with most going to New York. Shako shows minor wear & use, chin strap tucked inside but broken in half from wear, the yellow pom-pom not original to the headgear but works well for display. This type of shako use to be common, not no more, getting quite scarce in good condition and getting very hard to acquire nice examples like this one. This will be the cheapest civil war headgear to purchase and dipslays nice, they have doubled in price in the last few years. Over-all very good condition. - Price is $ 1150.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-20
Maple Shell Drum - Circa 1840 tack decorated snare drum 16-1/2" high by 16-1/2" in diameter having a natural wood finish shell and red painted wood hoops. A paper label inside reads, Henry H. Guetter/Importer of every description of German and/French musical instruments./Bethlehem, PA/Instruments of all kinds/carefully repaired/Fresh violin strings. Henry H. Guetter was born in Germany in 1797, came to America in 1817, and died in 1847. Included are (2) drumsticks, one bent from age & wood drying. The drum is in fine condition overall having both heads intact, a shell with no cracks, and old worn tensioning cords having leather ears that appear to be all original. Drum has been cleaned from many years of storage and leather ears treated as they are dry & tired. - Price is $ 1850.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-21-917
Civil War Artillery Shell Jacket - Excellent condition overall with no mothing, standard 12 button front with a 2 1/2" stand up collar, both pillows on the reverse. Jacket shows minor wear & use, complete with all period buttons, 3 1/2" seam separation top right shoulder, easy fix, liner excellent with only a couple small areas of seam separation at top inside shoulder, inside sleeve with 3 dots for size 3 & stamped number "3", inspection mark stamped although hard to decipher, excellent display here. - Price is $ 2650.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-22-625
Artillery Shell Jacket - Excellent Condition Artillery Shell Jacket with a 12 button front, 2 1/2" stand up collar. Jacket complete with all buttons, all front buttons resewed, 2 are replaced with period buttons, seam separation left shoulder, easy fix if desired, jacket overall excellent condition. - Price is $ 2850.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-23-480
Line Officer's Maroon Sash - Officer's Sash is over 9 feet long, 116" over-all, the sash body is 3 1/2" wide relaxed, the knot & fringe tassel's are 8" long, sash shows honest wear & use, no moth damage, couple minor small holes and some edge wear, nothing extreme, excellent example here. - Price is $ 950.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-24-234
Civil War Officer's Slouch Hat - Just about impossible to aquire today, just surfaced from Mansfield, Pa. The slouch remains in good condition, shows its age with only a couple very small moth nips, missing the leather sweatband, hat is a tad soiled and out of shape. Same type or example of hat is imaged in the Echoes of Glory, Arms and Equipment of the Union, page 185. Insignia of 38th Infantry, 9th Pa. Reserves has Gettysburg Association doesn't confirm the the slouch was indeed there, good chance though. Museum Grade Headgear. - Price is $ 2650.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-25
Post Civil War West Point Shako Headgear - Excellent example of one of many different styles of headgear used through the years at West Point, if you collect headgear, here is a chance to have something different & unique. Only missing the pom-pom, other wise very good condition, shows age & use with chin strap replaced with new, the old one still intact, one button replaced with a period coat jacket button, hat size marked inside 7 1/4. Maker label still inside, Ridabock & Co 251 5th Ave New York dates this to circa 1928 to 1931. Before 911 I was on a business trip to West Point & you could go just about anywhere with no issue on the grounds and with you car, not no more, a sad situation. - Price is $ 185.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-26-940
Medical Staff Officer's Shoulder Straps - Near Mint & RARE Civil War Lt. Colonel Shoulder Straps with triple borders, the size is 5" by 2", straps are missing the silver script MS, MINTY and showing honest age, just about impossible to acquire today. - Price is $ 2500.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-27
SCARCE Leather Forage Hat - Circa 1820's - SCARCE example here, all tar painted body, similar to the tar bucket or a Yeoman style cap that had no side buttons or chin strap, copied from the British, complete with front Infantry eagle insignia to include regiment number "2". Front is 5" high with back being 3 1/2" high, only a small amount of the morocco leather sweat band remains, inside cheese cloth liner shows age with a stich repair to the reverse, hat is approximate size 7, I'll let this one go cheap. - Price is $ 1850.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-28-881
Great Seal of the Confederacy - Excellent condition overall, case shows light use & wear from storage, case size is 5" square by 1" thick, velvet-lined with seal covered in glass. This is one of a 1000 electrotype replicas manufactured in 1873, coated in gold, silver and bronze, not many have survived time. These copies made to raise revenue for southern widows & orphans in need of money. The original Great Seal is stored in the Museum of the Confederacy, see last photo, this is an electrotype copy coated in bronze. - Price is $ 1950.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-29-943
Line Officer's Maroon Sash - Officer's Sash remains in excellent condition with light wear & use, material has faded some with a purple tint, no moth damage, over 9 feet long, 112" over-all, the sash body is 5" wide relaxed, the knot & tassel fringe are 9" long. Not sure why, Civil War Sash are drying up in the market and getting very difficult to find good examples. - Price is $ 950.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-30-233
Navy Rear Admiral Stephen Platt Quackenbush Oil Paintings & Cased Navy Epauletts - Oil on canvas of Stephen P Quackenbush & wife Cynthia H Quackenbush, each painting 32 1/2" by 26 1/2" with frames and so marked by award winning artist John Willard Raught. The Scranton, Pa. Everhart Museum has the largest display & collection of his works. Cased epauletts overall excellent missing rank insignia, both with tie strings & the paper label marked, Horstmann Bros & Co Importers and Dealers In Military & Fancy Goods 8 Maiden Lane NY. Paintings alone by well known artist Raught have a value of $ 8500 plus without provenance to anyone. Also, Included, material & information, copies of Pension Papers. Willing to sell the Epauletts without the paintings, just email me. - Price is $ 5500.00 plus shipping and insurance. Item - HG-31-808
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