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

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Confederate-used Cap Box

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
Confederate-used Cap Box
<B>Captured at Gettysburg U. S. Army Cap Box Decorated by a Rebel Soldier</B></I> Q 3.75” x 4”, marked “Jewell / Maker / Hartford” on inside flap. This standard Union Army cap box has a brass finial on the underside and retains a handful of unused copper percussion caps. What makes this item special is that a Southerner has carved a Confederate First National flag and the letters “CSA” into the leather on the outside flap. A very old and now illegible paper label above the flag could no doubt enlighten us as to this item's provenance. Considerable wear and crazing to leather, one belt loop missing and a split on the top flap rendering attachment to the finial impossible. Quite rare and desirable, with original "caps" just as it was found on a Gettysburg battlefield 140 years ago. <BR><BR><B> Provenance:</B></I> <I>Lee Walker, The Tharpe Collection of American Military History, written up in 1970s by Company of Military Historians.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Exhibited: </B></I> <I>The Liberty Heritage Society Museum.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Important not
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