RR Auction: Military and the Cold War

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Travel back in time with RR Auction’s military and Cold War auction. Take a look at some items from significant points in national and global history such as this autograph penned by Napoleon during his exile on St. Helena. We also have some featured items from the Cold War era such as a John F. Kennedy handwritten statement on the United Nations, a Soviet Union Fialka cipher machine, and a GRiD Compass 1101 military computer. Other exciting pieces include a Treaty of Versailles pamphlet, a Winston Churchill signed edition of The Second World War, and a notebook and signed check from ballplayer-turned-spy Moe Berg. Join us in May 2023 to take a trip through history.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Union Soldier: Emmet Cole Autograph Letter Signed2073 - Union Soldier: Emmet Cole Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, October 17, 1862. Letter to his sister, following his discharge at Annapolis on October 13, 1862. I
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Union Soldier Prisoner Exchange: John M. Knox Autograph Letter Signed2074 - Union Soldier Prisoner Exchange: John M. Knox Autograph Letter Signed
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John Knox enlisted in the 76th Pennsylvania Keystone Zouaves, Co. F, as a musician on October 28, 1861. He assisted in the reduction of Fort Pulaski a
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Union Soldier's Children Tintype Carried in War2075 - Union Soldier's Children Tintype Carried in War
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Interesting tintype of two young children housed in its original 3.25" x 3.75" case, with typed label applied to the front of the detached...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Union Soldier's Letter: Dead at Antietam Lay Four Deep2076 - Union Soldier's Letter: Dead at Antietam Lay Four Deep
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Civil War-dated unsigned handwritten letter by Pvt. Henry G. Hoyer, Co. E, 46th Penn. Vols., two pages both sides, 5 x 8, October 10, 1862. Letter to
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Union Soldiers' Diary: Entries on Lee, Grant, and Sheridan2077 - Union Soldiers' Diary: Entries on Lee, Grant, and Sheridan
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Unusual 'battlefield pick-up' Civil War-era diary containing entries from two different Union soldiers, Bandsman Hollis J. Haven of the U.S....
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Horatio P. Van Cleve Twice-Signed Photograph2078 - Horatio P. Van Cleve Twice-Signed Photograph
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General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1809-1891). Scarce 2.25 x 3.5 carte-de-visite portrait photo of Horatio P. Van Cleve in his m
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Joseph Wheeler Autograph Letter Signed2079 - Joseph Wheeler Autograph Letter Signed
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Confederate major general (1836-1906), known as 'Fightin' Joe,' who led his troops in vigorous opposition to Sherman during the Atlanta ...
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John L. Worden Signature2080 - John L. Worden Signature
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Civil War admiral (1818-1897) who commanded the Monitor against the Merrimack in the first battle of ironclad ships. Ink signature, "John L. Wo...
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Appomattox Court House Shingle2081 - Appomattox Court House Shingle
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Rare wooden shingle attributed to the McLean House at Appomattox Court House in which Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
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Battle of Appomattox Court House: Letter on Lee's Surrender2082 - Battle of Appomattox Court House: Letter on Lee's Surrender
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Civil War-dated letter in pencil by J. B. Cunningham, unsigned, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, April 12, 1865. Letter home following the Battle of App
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