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Lot 588: English School Portrait Painting of a Young British Naval Officer

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English school oil on canvas half-length portrait painting of a young British Royal Navy officer depicted with dark hair, long sideburns, and blue eyes, attired in a double-breasted uniform coat decorated with a red medal, having gilt epaulets and buttons over a white shirt with a black cravat. He holds a sword in one arm […]

Lot 586: Teddy Roosevelt Signed Note to Important White House Employee

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ANS: President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909, handwritten note written as President and addressed to Patrick E. McKenna, longtime White House doorkeeper and Presidential confidant serving from 1903-1940. The note is dated March 3rd 1909, President Roosevelt's penultimate day in office, and reads: To P.E. McKenna / […]

Lot 584: US Army Hat of Brig. Genl. Eben Eveleth Winslow (1866-1928)

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U.S. Army Engineers Officer's Field Grade Dress Cap or Visor belonging to Brigadier General Eben Eveleth Winslow (1866-1928). Circa 1910. Dark blue wool hat with gold chin strap, gold strap buttons, and leather visor adorned with gold leaves. Cap insignia is a gold U.S. Seal and gold leaves indicating the cap is for field-grade officers. […]

Lot 583: Chapeau and Hat Box, Gen. Eben Eveleth Winslow related

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chapeau du Bras hat in original Horstmann Brothers tin storage box, the headgear fashioned from black silk with gold wire bullion fringe with feather trim and applied brass Federal eagle insignia and E.S. Saylor Army Corps of Engineer button. Hat approx. 17" wide. Box – 19" x 6" x 3 […]

Lot 582: 19th C US Military Epaulettes, Belt, Cords and Case, Winslow family

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Group of 7 American military uniform items (12 pieces), including epaulettes, shoulder straps, belt, sword hanger and hat cord, belonging to U.S. Army Brig. General Eben Eveleth Winslow and to his father, Paymaster William Randolph Winslow, U.S. Navy. Includes four (4) pairs of epaulettes and shoulder straps: one pair of two (2) Navy paymaster shoulder […]

Lot 581: Brig. Gen. E.E. Winslow's US Army Corps of Engineers Flag

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U.S. Brigadier General Eben Eveleth Winslow's US Army Corps of Engineers Flag, late 19th or early 20th century, stenciled and hand painted ivory castle motif on red ground, two-part machine sewn construction. Ivory header with metal grommets and printed with size (3 x 4 ft). Framed under plexiglass in a black molded frame, 53" x […]

Lot 579: Civil War Epaulets, Maj. N.R. Chambliss, Kentucky History

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Civil War epaulets originally owned by Major Noah R. Chambliss, CSA, staff officer 1st Kentucky Cavalry under General Ben Helm. Gold bullion, with applied lettering F.K.M. between two bars; the undersides of yellow silk. 6 1/2" W. Note: These are 1st. Lieutenant epaulets, worn by Chambliss in Company F in the Kentucky Militia Cavalry before […]

Lot 580: Army Corps of Engineers map, books, and gauge of Brig. Genl. E.E. Winslow

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Map, 5 rare books and steam gauge belonging to Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General Eben Eveleth Winslow. 1st item: E.H. Ashcroft Steam pressure gauge, pat. date 1878, face engraved with the name Daniel O'Donnell, in original 9" x 6" x 2" wooden case. 2nd item: Large folding U.S. Geological Survey topographical map of Washington, […]

Lot 578: Civil War Presentation M1850 Sword, Col. Sam Patton, 8th E. Tenn. Cavalry

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Ames Presentation Grade Model 1850 Staff and Field Officers sword presented to Tennessee Colonel Samuel Kelsey Nelson Patton (1816-1886, TN) by Company D 8th East Tennessee Cavalry. 32" length partially engraved blade with floral military trophy designs, large script US and "Ames Mfg Co/Chicopee/Mass" to one side and scrolled foliate decoration together with a spread […]