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FOUR UNIFORM BUTTONS AND OTHER ITEMS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY GEORGE B. HALE, CO. 'A' 52ND REGT. MASSACHUSSETTS INFANTRY
four brass uniform coat buttons, with eagle decoration and maker's markings 'Horstmann Philad.', old ID tag attached; a pocket copy of the New Testament, Carlton & Palmer, New York, with blue and red printed label inside cover 'Presented by the New York Bible Society, September, 1862' and stencil to flyleaf 'G.B. HALE, CO. A 53 REG., MASS. VOL. M.'; a copy of The Sabbath Hymn Book, Mason Brothers, Boston, with owner's stencil inside front cover, a housewife sewing kit; a 'W.H. Morely & Sons' straight razor in slipcase; and a small lead religious ornament; with research material on Hale including a biography and copies of his army and pension files (a lot)
OTHER NOTES
George B. Hale joined the 52nd Mass. Infantry as a Private on 9 September, 1862 and was discharged as a Corporal on 14 August, 1863. He died on 14 October, 1910 aged 84 years.
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Lot 28
four brass uniform coat buttons, with eagle decoration and maker's markings 'Horstmann Philad.', old ID tag attached; a pocket copy of the New Testament, Carlton & Palmer, New York, with blue and red printed label inside cover 'Presented by the New York Bible Society, September, 1862' and stencil to flyleaf 'G.B. HALE, CO. A 53 REG., MASS. VOL. M.'; a copy of The Sabbath Hymn Book, Mason Brothers, Boston, with owner's stencil inside front cover, a housewife sewing kit; a 'W.H. Morely & Sons' straight razor in slipcase; and a small lead religious ornament; with research material on Hale including a biography and copies of his army and pension files (a lot)
OTHER NOTES
George B. Hale joined the 52nd Mass. Infantry as a Private on 9 September, 1862 and was discharged as a Corporal on 14 August, 1863. He died on 14 October, 1910 aged 84 years.
Estimate $300 - $500
Militaria
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5647
11:00am - 22 July 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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Giles Moon
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