Group of Civil War Relics

Description:

Group of Civil War Relics, c. 1861-65, a lead-filled brass US belt plate, leather wallet, mouth harp, buttons, dug bullets, a copy of The Soldier's Prayer Book, a copy of The Soldier's Pocket Book, hat badges, playing card, eagle breast plate from the Rosensteel collection, coins, small relic board from Gettysburg, a Springfield gun lock dated 1864, a Crosby B model fife with silver ferrules, and a Meerschaum pipe bowl of a bearded man wearing a fez.
Estimate $300-500

All in good condition, lock is missing a few parts, and excavated relics have some patina.


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