Civil War Buckles & Artifacts: 2022

#451 Gettysburg Stereoview - Mumper & Co

#451 Gettysburg Rhode Island gun with Confederate shot lodged in mouth - Mumper & Co Gettysburg. $139 shipped

#444 Shako Plate - Civil War

#444 Shako Plate - Civil War. one wire loose on back.

$155 shipped

#443 Colt Navy & Gettysburg Collector Books

a. 1851 Colt Navies – used fair to good condition; shipped HOLD

b. Gettysburg Relics – new; $65 shipped

c. Maine at Gettysburg - $25 shipped

d. Ohio Memorials at Gettysburg - $16 shipped

#442 Portraits of Conflict - Image Books

#442 Portraits of Conflict – used books in good condition; nice for the image collector and history.

a. Georgia hard cover - $75 shipped

b. South Carolina hard cover - $75 shipped

c. Louisiana soft cover - $32 shipped

d. Texas hard cover - $105 shipped

e. Mississippi hard cover - $55 shipped

f. Arkansas soft cover - $32 shipped

#441 Scarce Virginia Button VA8 Silver Plate – Dug

#441 Scarce Virginia Button Alberts VA8 and Tice VA218. 50% Silver Plate – Dug. Little of the BENEDICT & BURNHAM backmark is visible. No pushes; solid button. Tough one to find.

$365 shipped

#448 Shako Plates

a. left eagle plate, wires gone HOLD

b. right eagle plate, one of 2 wires remaining $85 shipped

c. round plate, some rust action HOLD

#434 Rich 12 inch Patriotic “Ciphered” Clip Point Bowie Knife

#434 Rich 12 inch Patriotic “Ciphered” Clip Point Bowie Knife. Ricasso marking THEODOR A. MEYER. Made in Sheffield, England for New York City merchant Theodor A. Meyer, ca. 1849. Stag handle with nickel silver guard and pommel cap, clip point blade and deeply stamped with markings:

THE GREAT FAR WEST HUNTING KNIFE in banner; with eagle head, running hound dogs, a bull, a lion with TRY ME, a liberty cap with LIBERTY, a lion, bust of Mexican War hero General Zachary Taylor with OLD ZAK, a Native American with bow and arrows, and a rooster.

Previous owner acquired this bowie from bowie/knife authority Mark Zalesky; noted author, see below.

Length (inches): overall 12; blade 7 1/2; and width 1; guard/grip 4 1/2.

See very similar knifes in A Sure Defense: The Bowie Knife in America by William Worthen and MARK ZALESKY, page 272, to include the same stampings/slogans.

Also see very similar knifes in The Bowie Knife, Unsheathing an American Legend by Norm Flayderman, page 430 and 431, to include the same mottos/slogans.

REDUCED $1,495 shipped ......$1,850 shipped

#429 Cast Infantry Button – dug and original

#429 Cast Brass Infantry Button – dug and original

Super smooth glassy patina; turned edge as correct. Verbal provenance Dalton, GA. Hard to upgrade on this one.

$175 shipped

#427 Militia Panel Plate 1850s – nondug

Id questionable ?

$475 shipped

#425 Pair of RARE/SCARCE 1851 Officer Sword Belt Plates, with Eagle Facing Right ! - Nondug

These early Regulation Officer Plates are unique in that the eagle heads are turned to the right rather than the later and widely available plate with the eagle head facing to the left. Also these plates were crafted with multiple pieces being fitted by hand and assembled.

First Plate, can be considered rare. See American Military Belt Plate by O’Donnell & Campbell, Plate 604 Regulation 1851 Pattern, Officer. Ca. 1852-1855. Note the die-struck silvered metal eagle motif and rectangular background set in a brass frame. Silver wreath, a separate piece is attached with wires that pass through to the back of the plate. Plate and its original keeper have been together since the beginning, both stamped with benchmark “14”. Applied tongue. This plate also came with the pictured black ribbon bow. About 10 years ago the Gettysburg National Museum displayed General Reynold’s uniform with an exact same example of this plate. Just a killer plate.

Second Plate, is certainly scarce. Finely hand crafted plate with bright gilt, pre-1856. Again, multiple pieces, and hand fitted and assembled. The fine detail die-struck brass eagle and rectangular background is bordered by a separate frame and belt loop piece. Wreath is 4-piece applied silver. Applied tongue.

It takes years or even decades to stumble across these earliest and hand fitted/assembled Regulation 1851 Officer Plates.

Top First Plate $1,750 shipped

Bottom Second Plate $1,500 shipped

Pair $2,875 shipped

#421 Buckley General Service Button

General service button with S. BUCKLEY & CO. BIRMINGHAM backmark; large 23mm. CS81 and Tice’s CS203A1. Smooth patina with push to face center and shank bent; in solid condition.

$375 shipped

#410 T-Pin Insignia L. A. 2nd Regt. Co H

#410 T-Pin Insignia L. A. 2^nd Regt. Co H

This may be a veteran pin possibly Light Artillery 2^nd Regiment Company H, if you take it further it may be the 23^rd Army Corps badge shield and blue enamel for the 3 Division?? Remnants of T-pin and small 11/16 “ x 11/16”. I don’t know.

Reduced $85 .... was $125 shipped

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