Lionel Type MBF compensating brass ship binnacle with maker's specification plate reading "Compensating Binnacle Type MBF The Lionel Corporation New York, N.Y. U.S.A. /Serial No. 11816/ 1942". Fitted with U. S. Navy Standard gimbaled compass, No. 37897/Nov. 1909, manufactured by Ritchie, Boston, hood with handles and compensating balls, varnished teak base. Keys included. 51 1/2" […]

Telford, Grier, and Mackay, Ltd. brass and copper anchor lantern with maker's specification plate reading, "Telford, Grier & Mackay Ltd./ Patent No 28334-1923 16/Carrick Street/ Glasgow". Stamped 1859 above instructional plaque and glass Fresnel lens, body of lantern with original oil lamp, handle and punch-hole markings, top of lantern. 20 1/4" H x 11" dia. […]

Meteorite brass and copper port and starboard lanterns, 2 items total. Maker's specification plate, Meteorite P93891 (Port), P28892 (Starboard) Patent No 546575 and others pending. Red and blue glass Fresnel lenses, brass port and starboard badges, body of lanterns with original oil lamps and parabolic reflectors, brass carry handles, round lids with metal clasp, top […]

Pre War and WWII era ephemera including Norman Rockwell Poster and propaganda publications, 28 items total. 1st Item: Norman Percevel Rockwell (New York/Massachusetts, 1894-1978) poster titled OURS…to fight for freedom from fear, OWI poster No. 46, U.S. Government Printing Office, after the painting from the "Four Freedoms" series that appeared in "The Saturday Evening Post", […]

Post World War II archive of Charles L. Weiler, 47 items total. Charles Louis Weiler was a member of the 397th Military Police Service Battalion, US Army, WWII, from January 3, 1946-January 24th, 1947. 1st item: 2nd Model Luftwaffe dagger, having pommel with swastikas on both sides, each surrounded by oak leaves against pebbled background […]

Two (2) American flags. 1st item: 38 Star flag, linen, with printed stars and patent date of April 26, 1870. Additional handwritten inscription: Camp Rochelle/ Aug. 3rd to 19th/ 1901, Oakland Beach, to one grommet seam with hand stitched initials" L.F.T." and handwritten inscription: SPARTA 88, en verso. 56 1/2" H x 36 1/2" W. […]

Three (3) Georgia Reconstruction era single sided broadsides. 1st item: 1874 Anti- Ku Klux Klan broadside, published by Sarah E. Carter of Fort Valley, Georgia, originally of New Jersey, recounting the attack on her by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Montezuma, Georgia. In an account written in both the first and third person, […]

Two (2) framed patriotic and political memorabilia. 1st item: TIPPECANOE AND MORTON TOO, Campaign bandana or handkerchief from Benjamin Harrison’s successful 1888 presidential campaign, featuring U.S. shield and eagle clutching a banner reading “Protection and Home Industries”. “Tippecanoe” represents Harrison’s strategy to invoke the memory of his grandfather, president William Henry Harrison, who originally earned […]

Group of four (4) Civil War related items (7 pcs total) including items of Nashville interest. Includes 1 letter signed by John I. Morris, Capt. 20th Ind Battery, on stationery with printed headline "Headquarters 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Department of the Cumberland," dated May 27, 1865, Camp Harker (Nashville) to Brevet Colonel Smith 96th […]

Two (2) 19th century books, including Fremantle and Suckley. 1st item: THREE MONTHS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES: APRIL, JUNE 1863, Confederate ed., by Lieut.-Col. Fremantle, Goldstream Guards, published by S.H. Goetzel, Mobile, 1864. Octavo, 158 pages, front wrapper printed on blue floral wallpaper, back wrapper missing. Bound in modern materials with marbled paper and tan […]