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INDIAN WAR ERA BOYS' BRIGADE KEPI & CUP

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
INDIAN WAR ERA BOYS' BRIGADE KEPI & CUP
INDIAN WAR ERA BOYS' BRIGADE KEPI & CUP. Navy blue chasseur style hat with 2" front, tarred leather visor with tarred chin strap & unique Boys' Brigade side buttons. Inside of hat has 1-1/4" leather sweat band & polished cotton liner with indiscernible maker's label printed in top of hat. Also a silver plate 2-handle cup, about 4" high x 3-3/8" at top, urn shaped with applied handles, hand engraved on both sides with foliate & floral decorations. Bottom of one side is engraved "BOY'S BRIGADE / PRIZE DRILL / FEB. 22 - 1897 / 3RD SQUAD LIEUT. HORTON." CONDITION: Minor mothing, visor stitching coming loose but still attached. Sweat band also coming loose but still attached. Cup is fine, slightly thin on bottom section with some copper undercoat showing through. 4-58089 JS20