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[MILITIA]. Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a 3rd US artillery officer. Ca 1850s.
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[MILITIA]. Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a 3rd US artillery officer. Ca 1850s.
Sixth plate ambrotype bust portrait of a second lieutenant, 3rd US Artillery. (Some flaking/wear to emulsion in upper and lower sections of image, heavy spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case (wear and discoloration).
The mustachioed officer is shown wearing his regulation 1851 pattern shako and dress uniform, including epaulettes with the 3rd Artillery insignia but no rank bars, establishing his rank as a second lieutenant.
The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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