LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2007 June Civil War Grand Format Auction #663  / 

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24 Confederate Navy Buttons and CSN Imprint

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD
24 Confederate Navy Buttons and CSN Imprint
<B>Original Card of Confederate Navy Buttons and an 1865 Imprint Relating to Clothing for CSN Officers.</B></I> A spectacular hoard of twenty-four English-made 18mm Confederate Navy buttons having the Courtney & Tennent backmark (Tice CSN210-Am), on original paper as sold by the Charleston outfitters. The face of each heavily gilt brass button is die-struck in extremely high relief with crossed cannon and a fouled anchor above “C.N”. These scarce and popular buttons are in mint state. As an untouched set, they are extremely rare. <BR><BR>Also included in this lot is a related Confederate Government imprint: “Estimate For Clothing for the Officers of the Navy, under Acts of Congress approved respectively the 16th and 19th of January, A. D. 1865”, three pages, 8vo, Richmond, Virginia, February 11, 1865 (Parrish & Willingham 2054). This congressional imprint approves a request forwarded by the Confederate Navy Department for over a million dollars worth of CSN clothing. Signed in print by Jefferson Davis and Stephen Mallory, the imprint gives a fascinating itemization of the Navy's requirements. Toned with light marginal browning. <BR><BR><B>Provenance:</B></I> <I>The Tharpe Collection of American Military History</B></I> <BR><BR><B>Exhibited:</B></I> <I>The Liberty Heritage Society Museum</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Medium (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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