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A GROUP OF CIVIL WAR UNIFORM ITEMS
CONSISTING OF A US HAT BADGE, GOLD BULLION AMERICAN EAGLE ON A BLACK FELT OVAL BOARD; A GOLD BULLION BUGLE ON A HORIZONTALLY ORIENTATED BLACK FELT COVERED OVAL; TWO CAPTAIN'S SHOULDER BOARDS, GOLD BULLION AND LIGHGT BLUE BACK GROUNDS (FADED AND WITH LOSSES), TWO MAJOR'S SHOULDER PATCHES, GOLD AND SILVER BULLION ON BLACK BACK GROUNDS; TWO COLONEL'S GOLD BULLION OAK BRANCHES ON SMALL OVAL GROUNDS AND A FANCY OSTRITCH PLUM, KNOT AND BUTTON FOR THE 1855 PATTERN CAVALRY OFFICER'S "HARDEE HAT". CONTAINED WITHIN A WHITE BOX WITH PENCILLED NOTATION "FROM/GRANDPA SILSBY'S/CIVIL WAR UNIFORM".
LT. COL. WILLIAM SILSBY, COMMANDER OF THE 10TH IOWA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS. (10)
CONSISTING OF A US HAT BADGE, GOLD BULLION AMERICAN EAGLE ON A BLACK FELT OVAL BOARD; A GOLD BULLION BUGLE ON A HORIZONTALLY ORIENTATED BLACK FELT COVERED OVAL; TWO CAPTAIN'S SHOULDER BOARDS, GOLD BULLION AND LIGHGT BLUE BACK GROUNDS (FADED AND WITH LOSSES), TWO MAJOR'S SHOULDER PATCHES, GOLD AND SILVER BULLION ON BLACK BACK GROUNDS; TWO COLONEL'S GOLD BULLION OAK BRANCHES ON SMALL OVAL GROUNDS AND A FANCY OSTRITCH PLUM, KNOT AND BUTTON FOR THE 1855 PATTERN CAVALRY OFFICER'S "HARDEE HAT". CONTAINED WITHIN A WHITE BOX WITH PENCILLED NOTATION "FROM/GRANDPA SILSBY'S/CIVIL WAR UNIFORM".
LT. COL. WILLIAM SILSBY, COMMANDER OF THE 10TH IOWA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS. (10)