Poulin Fall 2022 Premier Firearms Auction

SWORD BY HORSTMAN. Overall length: 39". Blade length: 32". Blade has a single wide fuller w/ a single narrow fuller above. Blade is etche...

BUCKLE. Overall length: 27 7/8". Blade length: 19 1/4". Plain blade with a single 10 1/8" narrow fuller and a double 3 1/4" nar...

OFFICER SWORD. 32” blade with fine etched patriotic panels & “SCHUYLER, HARTLEY, & GRAHAM, NEW YORK” logo on ricasso. The

MILITIA STAFF SWORD, WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY. 31” double edged blade with bright etched patriotic panels & “NP Ames / cutler/ Spr

STAFF OFFICER SWORD. Classic 1850 Staff & Field sword, pierced floral decorated hilt with large “US”. Steel scabbard with engraved

ASSOCIATED TINTYPE. Overall length: 41". Blade length: 34". Blade has a single wide fuller and a single 17" narrow fuller near the s...

TO GENERAL MAXCY GREGG. Overall length: 35 1/2". Blade length: 28 1/4". General Maxcy Gregg was born in Columbia, South Carolina and was ...

OFFICERS SWORD WITH SILVER MOUNTED SCABBARD. Overall length: 40 1/4". Blade length: 32". Blade has a single wide fuller w/ a single 13&qu...

. Overall length: 39 1/4". Blade length: 29 3/4". Blade has a single narrow fuller extending down 15" from the hilt. Blade is etched...

PRESENTATION TO LIEUTENANT WILLIAM. L. GREGG OF THE 3RD PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY. Overall length: 39 1/2". Blade length: 31 3/4". Blade has a...

Overall length: 33". Blade length: 28". Blade has etching over 2/3 of its length with various foliate, patriotic and military motifs incl...

TIFFANY. Overall length: 39". Blade length: 31 1/2". An exceptionally high grade M1860 having an armor piercing triangular blade that is ...

& FULLY FEDERALLY INSPECTED. Overall length: 34 3/8". Blade length: 27 5/8". These "original issue", federally purchased, M...

PERSONALIZATION TO CAPTAIN MYRON LAMB OF THE 101ST ILLINOIS. Overall length: 39 3/4". Blade length: 32 3/4". Myron H. Lamb was a resident...

Overall length: 27". Blade length: 21 1/8". Plain blade with a raised medial ridge stamped at the ricasso, "U.S.N 184( )" on on...

PERSONALIZATION. Overall length: 39 3/4". Blade length: 32". Plain blade w/ a single wide fuller. Blade is marked at the ricasso, "M...

Overall length: 36 3/8". Blade length: 29". Blade has etching over 2/3 of its length featuring elaborate foliate motifs with crossed Amer...

OFFICER'S SWORD. Overall length: 38 1/4". Blade length: 31 7/8". Blade has a single wide fuller extending nearly to the tip. Blade ex...

Overall length: 36 1/2". Blade length: 30 1/2". Blade is etched over 1/2 its length w/ various military, patriotic & foliate motifs i...

Overall length: 32 3/4". Blade length: 26". Plain blade with a single wide fuller. Ricasso is stamped, "(anchor) P U.S.N. D.R1862&qu...

Overall length: 26 1/4". Blade length: 20". A 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition sword worn by the Jefferson Guard at the St. Louis World...

29.75” blade with French maker marks, model 1850 style rose pattern hilt, carved horn grip, nicely inscribed in cross hatched letters

OFFICER’S SWORD. Rarely are found model 1860 staff swords that date from Civil War, even though regulation, a vast majority of officer

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Three belts with Civil War cavalry eagle buckles with German silver applied wreaths, belt with patent plain buckle with arrowhead hooks, late 19th ce

MOUNTED SHEATH. 17” overall, 11.5” clip point blade, .25” thick, 3” tapered crossguard, slab light wood grips inc

FOUND” D-GUARD BOWIE ATTRIBUTED TO SOLOMON H. DURHAM, 8TH GEORGIA BATTALION STATE TROOPS. 26.5” overall, 21” spearpoint bl

20.25” overall, 15” wide upswept blade, 2” wide, 4.5” beveled clip, 6” “S” shaped cros

TOOLED SHEATH. 19” overall, 13” clip point blade made from file, 0.3” thick, 3” clip, 6” beveled top edg

FIGHT. 22” overall, 15.5” clip point blade, beveled top and decorated sides at top edge. Tapered flat edged one piece curly maple g

17.5" Overall, 13.25" dagger point blade made from large .3" thick file w/ unique deep recesses near ricasso, 1" wide expanding...

WILSON, 8TH KENTUCKY “THE HERO OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN”. 22.5” overall, 17.5” sharpened clip point blade with about 1

CLIP POINT BOWIE KNIFE. 14 7/8” blade, 1 5/8” wide, .25” thick, 4” beveled clip. Sheet iron D-guard x 1.75

KNIFE. 17” overall, 11.5” blade with 2.75” clip, 1.75” wide, 0.25” thick, curly maple 2 piece grip encas

21.5” overall, 15.5” double edged blade with medial ridge, short ricasso, 0.35” thick, 3” crossguard with turned

13.5" Overall, 9" blade, 5" partially sharpened false edge, ricasso w/ “R / BUNTING / AND SON”, five ciphers showing mou...

SHEATH. 18” overall, 13.25”, 2” wide doubled edged dagger point blade, oval wood grip with matching flat oval cap with tan

20.5” overall, 16.5” clip point blade, long 5.5” clip, tiger maple grip, D-guard is sheet iron with bulging languets, stil

MIDDLEBURG, VIRGINIA. 22” overall, 16” double edged spearpoint blade, over 2” wide, blacksmith forged flat knucklebow inse

KNIFE. 23.5” overall, 16” wide spearpoint blade with 4” sharpened top edge made from file, bulbous oval maple grip with 2

16” overall, 13” clip point upswept blade, sparce 5” etched panels with vines, leaves, and berries, stamped ”WARR

Though unmarked, little doubt that this is product of Bown & Tetley, Pittsburgh who marked his bayonets with nearly identical deeply ribbed bir...

Christian Roby (1814-1897) was well known tool maker prior to the Civil War. He converted his large shop into manufacture of swords for the US govern

Pictured on page 356 of Norm Flayderman’s “THE BOWIE KNIFE”. He describes it: “Massive blacksmith fashioned push

18.5” overall, 13” dagger point blade, 2.5” wide, medial ridge, 4” batwing 2 piece crossguard, integral bolster r

ORIGINAL SHEATH. 19” overall, 14.5” blade, 5” sharpened clip, rounded top edge, 4” crossguard. Saber ground with

& SHEATH. 17" Overall, 10" single sided spear point blade with 7” false edge partially sharpened, stamped on ricasso “DAD...

15” overall, 9.25” clip point blade, very thick .5” at ricasso, 1.6” wide at ricasso widening to 1.8” ne

16” overall, 11” thin clip point blade with integral bolster, grip was utilized from early circa 1815 Baltimore eaglehead with very

12” overall, 8” blade with4” clip “JAMES ROGERS / ROYAL / CUTLERY / SHEFFIELD”, original veneered pasteb

Pictured and described in “A Sure Defense, the Bowie Knife in America”. 10.75” overall, 6.5” long clip point upsw

KNIFE. Pictured and described in “A Sure Defense, the Bowie Knife in America”. 13.5” overall, 9” clip point blade

BOWIE. 13.5” Overall. 9” clip point blade w/ beveled top edge. 2.4” diamond shaped cross guard, Tapered, bulbous, octagona

KENTUCKY RIFLE MAKER. 15" overall, 9 1/2" well ground clip point blade, well sculpted iron "S' shaped guard with octagonal cente...

14" Overall, 9.5" meaty blade w/ 3" clip, 0.4" thick at ricasso, beveled top edge. This style knife often described in early Am...

13.5" Overall, 9.75" heavy meaty blade w/ 2.5" clip, 0.42" thick at ricasso, 2” wide, rounded top edge, 2” heavy br...

“Knife or sword measures 28” with 22” dagger pointed blade. The tang runs through the “D” shape iron gua

LANYARD SWIVEL. 9.75” overall, 5.25” clip point tapered larger toward point. German silver mounted dark wood grip inset with mother

This is unusual form of unknown origin with really good look. 12.5” overall, 8.25” upswept clip point, 1” wide in choil, 1

15.5” overall, beefy 10” single edged spear point blade, typical London leather veneer wood sheath with locking spring through guar

7TH REGT. 16” overall, 12.25” clip point blade, cast brass cross guard and turned short wood grip. Old string tag “made fr

13” overall, 8.25” unsharpened clip, integral bolster .55” thick, tapered tang, 2 iron pins attaching stag grip CONDITION:

Regulation Confederate general cap required four strands of gold braid and quatrefoil which this high quality cap possesses. This cap has no known id

MCALEXANDER, 27TH ALABAMA. This cap originally was bought by Bill Albaugh along with his frock coat and it is in same “as found” st

STYLE FORAGE CAP. Tall Confederate forage caps have been known among collectors as “Stonewall Jackson” style due to Jackson

ENLISTED CAP. This cap is Confederate depot issue, appears like well documented Richmond clothing depot examples, but should have been issued from cl

Possibly Confederate. The pinned tag inside naval flat cap & associated oral provenance (written on sticky note) say that C. Edward Seaman born...

HAT ALSO KNOWN AS A "PASCAL HAT" POSSIBLY WORN BY THE "ANDERSON BODY GUARD". This is arguably one of the rarest Union military ...

WRIGHT’S CHAPEAU, EPAULETS, SASH, & GAUNTLETS. General Horatio G. Wright (1820-1899) best known for his actions at Gettysburg and command...

BOX. A superb Civil War period M1859 officer's bicorn or fore and aft hat. Hat measures approx. 17 1/4" in length and 5" in width. It...

INTO THE CIVIL WAR. The original group consists of a forage cap, canteen and letters that were found together in Appomattox County, Virginia. Complim

REGULATION FROCK COAT, LT. CHARLES FRY, ORANGE COUNTY VIRGINIA ARTILLERY. You can not find a better condition Confederate frock, especially with suc

87.5mm x 49mm Keepers, wreath 51.2mm. Early war patent leather sword belt w/ die struck Virginia state seal tongue & rare “star” em

ALABAMA. This early uniform has an association with a militia unit from Montgomery, Alabama that wore these coats into the Civil War in 1862. As one

OF THE 7TH BATTERY OF THE 1ST MAINE MOUNTED LIGHT ARTILLERY. This is a rare opportunity to acquire an identified grouping belonging to a single ind

WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN WORN BETWEEN 1869-1872. The cut of this coat confirms to the pattern established by General Order No. 75 from the War Depart

SIZE 4. A blue shell jacket with red trim on the collar, jacket body and cuffs. Jacket has small size enlisted Yankee eagle buttons. There are 2 butt

CORPORAL IN SIZE 2. A blue shell jacket with red trim on the collar, jacket body and cuffs. There are also 2 chevrons on each sleeve denoting the ran

A blue shell jacket with yellow trim on the collar, jacket body and cuffs. 3 Of the double bars on the collar are a slightly different color yellow b

A blue shell jacket with red trim on the collar, jacket body and cuffs. Jacket has small size enlisted Yankee eagle buttons. There are 2 buttons on e

CARTRIDGE BOX & SLING. “CS” embossed are the rarest and most desired of Confederate infantry cartridge boxes, especially with origi

CAP BOX. Cap boxes were made by the many thousands for the Civil War. Confederate examples are scarce & marked ones are rare. The most desirabl...

BOX FOR A RICHMOND ROBINSON SHARPS CARBINE WITH 4 ROUNDS FOUND IN THE BOX. An exceptionally rare, Confederate carbine box likely manufactured at the

FROM PETERSBURG BATTLEFIELD. 70.5mm x 48.2mm Beautifully patinated Virginia style CSA belt plate on belt w/ associated note written by member of 118t

CORPS” BELT BUCKLE. 87.7mm x 57.4mm “AVC” belt plate as fine as any excavated example know. Buckle was found in 1977 at

TWO-PIECE BELT PLATE ON ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT. 83mm Length, 52mm keepers, wreath 58mm x 38mm. This is among the rarest and most desirable

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BELT & ACCOUTREMENTS. This may be the only Alabama rectangular buckle extant with original belt and matching keeper. It also has the Colt milit...

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87.0 x 55.6mm. The rarest of all Confederate state buckles is the oval solder filled Arkansas State seal. Few examples are known and every reference

PLATE. This excavated "rarity 10" CS plate is rarely seen and no doubt first to ever appear in auction. Many of us remember it in Don Phi...

86.2mm x 56.3mm This rare buckle was found w/ metal detector in Army of Tennessee winter camp at Dalton, GA as stated in letter from dealer Larry Hic

80 x 55mm. Excavated complete w/ all 3 hooks from unknown camp or battlefield. CONDITION: heavy ground action, repair to upper left corner (probably

PLATE. 73.3mm x 43mm Prewar Alabama contracted cartridge box plate w/ 2 wire hooks was adopted after the US regulation “US” sm. box

79 x 50mm. This is an interesting well made sword belt buckle listed in various references as wartime due to motto: "JUSTICE UNION AND CONFIDE...

FRAME BUCKLE ON ORIGINAL BELT. Confederate frame buckle belts are rare to start w/, though the buckles are common excavated in camps & battlefi...

BELT. 7.5 x 56.5mm, solder filled. This is rare variant made w/ bar & hook back, 40” canvas belt w/ sewn 51mm wide cast brass keeper. The...

FOUND AT “BATTLE OF FRANKLIN”. 2 Well patinaed relics found on Franklin battlefield. Notes w/ each relic state where on battlefield

CUSTER VALOR MEDAL PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN ALBERT T. HENSHAW, CO. H, 6TH MICHIGAN CAVALRY. Although the Federal Government produced and distributed to

BADGE. An exceptional example of a scarce Washington Artillery badge. This solid gold badge measures approx. 1 1/8" in diameter and features c...