SIMPLY AMAZING - set of $5000. plus set of EGA's & boards

[teufelhunde.ret]

Congrats to our own Mike Manifor (AKA usmcaviator) on this acquisition last night - a Live Auction on ebay....

http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayIS...T&viewitem= as presented by Hartzell's Auction Gallery. you will certainly not see these often - perhaps once in a decade something like this comes around - and perhaps a price setting precedence.

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[Bob Hudson]

The EGA's look like the pair of 1892 EGA's I sold a year ago - those alone went for $3,000 so to get the EGA's and boards for another $2K is a nice find. Those solid silver EGA's are a joy to behold: my bother-in-law, a jeweler who knows nothing about militaria or collecting was quite impressed when I showed my pair to him before I sold them. We have some details of that style in our EGA reference forum at http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...showtopic=11607 and here's one of those pieces side-by-side with an enlargement of one of the auction pieces:

 

[Brig]

must say, some fine examples that seldom come along. Not surprised that the good Major got them, good to see they will be well enjoyed and preserved