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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 May 10 @ 10:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
GREAT CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION SWORD. A fine presentation-grade sword by Collins and Co. belonging to Captain Harold Rockafeller of Company C of the 21st Pennsylvania. Inscribed in a cartouche on the scabbard: "Presented to Capt. Harry Rockafellar [sic] By the Friends and Members of the Phila. City Guards, Octo 27, 1862." Cast brass grip with finely tooled wire wrap, with elaborately decorated guard and eagle head quillon with garnet inset eyes. The scabbard is steel with ornately molded and chased brass mounts, the top with a fine spread-winged eagle, the second with martial motifs. The drag also of chased brass. The blade is acid-etched with martial motifs. The 21st was one of many state militia units called up after the Union defeat at second Bull Run and the resulting Confederate advance into Pennsylvania. On September 4th Governor Curtin issued an alarm, calling for 50,000 Pennsylvanians to join in the defense of the State. Rockafeller enlisted on September 15; two weeks later, as the hopes of the Confederacy were dashed,with their defeat at Antietam, the advance was halted and the militia returned to civilian life. A fine sword from this important event early in the war. Replaced leather bumper at ricasso, some browning on steel scabbard, else fine. PLEASE NOTE: THIS LOT WILL BE SOLD ON EBAY LIVE AUCTIONS BETWEEN 4:00-5:00pm EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME ON MAY 10, 2002. REGISTER NOW TO BID LIVE ONLINE THE DAY OF THE SALE! (EST 7000-8000)
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