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Authentic Confederate Generals Kepi


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marks'militaria

Heritage Auction.#6088/06/09/2012......did not sell.

Which auction was this later consigned to?

Just curious.

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confederateplanet

Yes you are correct. He bought it prior to. Thanks for the interest. Theres more pictures on Confederate Planet.

 

 

Could you post a link to the site? THX, drt

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marks'militaria

What do you mean by *he bought it prior to*? This was on the live auction feed that afternoon and failed to meet reserve. He bought it before (prior) the item was posted live? Just curious as to final hammer down price. wait! bought prior , so my question is mute, correct?

 

Let me go back to archives of this auction and see what the deal was with Heritage.Have any recent pics?

 

The auction that day was in Dallas, not some Penn.auction, as your initial posting,

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I believe that the original poster is stating that his associate purchased the cap from a Pennsylvania Auction and is the current owner. I take his other comments to mean that his associate offered the cap for sale on the Heritage Auction site, but since it did not meet the reserve, it is still his associate's property.

 

Allan

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confederateplanet

He bought the kepi at a Pa auction prior to the Heritage auction. He placed it in the Heritage auction after he bought it. I hope that makes it clear.

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Beautiful Kepi, please keep us informed on any progress with the ID. Not my collecting area but I have to imagine this is a pretty hard to come by piece.

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marks'militaria

Interior of posted kepi. Small pic, you will have to *click to save* and then enlarge,

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confederateplanet

13mm, English script I buttons, TREBLE RICH STAND' Took a while to figure it out. I have a photo that ill try to upload of the backmark. One button is attached literally by a thread.

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Very very very pretty.

 

Interesting provenance in the cap.

 

Can you narrow down when this Pa. soldier was able to pick up such an item ?

 

Is it possible that exterior wise this is the nicest example known ?

 

P

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confederateplanet

The lining and sweatband are gone, but it is in remarkable condition. He was a member of the Sgt John Dickey Post GAR that might be a clue. He served in the army from almost the begining to Appomatox, so the possiblities are endless. There were about 500 CS Generals from what I can tell. Someone might know something though and eventually theres an answer.

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That is a wonderful piece, but typically with three rows of braid it would have been for a Lt. Col. or a full Col. A General would have had 4 rows.

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You might be right. The four rows on the dark blue band probably indicate general. I have seen the kepi pf a Colonel with 4 rows though. IDing it is probably like the proverbiale neddle in the haystack. Or like my wife who lost her diamond earing in last weeks snow storm. Attached Col Lanes kepi 26th North Carolina. Pretty similarpost-151277-0-40995700-1391961021.jpg

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Either way that is a great piece. Good luck in your quest to identify it. I have a few items that have been passed down through the family that are identified. It always special to me to be able to put a name with a piece of history of Confederate origin. Those men gave so much, lost so much and suffer so much disrespect in our current situation.

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