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Civil War/Civil War Miscellaneous: Rare "Sir Henry Havelock," Molded Union Case, Fine. 4.8" x 3.8"

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Civil War/Civil War Miscellaneous: Rare  Sir Henry Havelock,  Molded Union Case, Fine.  4.8  x 3.8
Rare "Sir Henry Havelock," Molded Union Case, Fine. 4.8" x 3.8" brown thermoplastic daguerreotype case--absent tintype. Featuring front and back molded images of Sir Henry Havelock, a British soldier who was quite famous at the time. Listed as No. 24 on p. 43 of Krainik & Walvoord, "Union Cases" (1988). Havelock (1795-1857) served in the First Anglo-Burma war (1824-26), the Afghan War (1839-42), and other military campaigns. Case with considerable wear to edges, and rubbing on verso, but the images of Havelock are sharp and distinct. Rare!