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Lot 3330
Grouping of 19th Century American Military Insignia and Buttons
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: U.S. Navy Rating Badge for Line Petty Officer, 1840s-1880s (4 x 3-3/8 in.); Civil War era major's shoulder straps and postwar militia lieutenant's shoulder straps (4 x 1-1/2 in.); Rhode Island Militia sleeve panels, Civil War and later, each having three Rhode Island staff cuff buttons with D. EVANS EXTRA backmark (14mm); post-Civil War Virginia staff coat button, M. C. LILLEY & CO. / COLUMBUS, O.(25mm), mounted with stickpin; REPUBLICAN CLUB eagle button (16mm), tin back, period note attached reading "Northern soldiers - Independent Group"; two Civil War era general service cuff buttons (14mm) and a postwar cuff button; Civil War musician's hat insignia (35mm) (corrosion); cavalry blanket numeral "1" (35mm) (corrosion).