Stack's Bowers Galleries

Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction  –  22 - 28 August 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction

Live Sessions: U.S. Coins & Currency

Part 1: Mo, 22.08.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 23.08.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 23.08.2022, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 24.08.2022, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 25.08.2022, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 25.08.2022, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 25.08.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 26.08.2022, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 27.08.2022, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 27.08.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

Union. Army of the Potomac. VI Corps, Battery A, Massachusetts Light Artillery Badge. Silver. Extremely Fine.
87.5 mm x 39 mm, greatest dimensions. 16.26 grams. A two-part badge, the lower part cross-shaped, the front inscribed 6TH / CORPS / ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, the back inscribed JAMES S. ROWLAND. The cross is suspended from a circular hanger with crossed cannons, flames at top, the front of which is inscribed BATTERY A / MASS. LGT ARTY. The pin is missing from the back of the hanger. Minor staining to the back of the cross is noted, otherwise all surfaces are lightly to moderately toned silver-gray. Intriguing type!

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Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 1'500 USD
The auction is closed.
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