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[CIVIL WAR]. German silver fife with ID tag dated 1864.
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[CIVIL WAR]. German silver fife with ID tag dated 1864.

Approx. 16 in. total lg. fife in German silver (surface wear around finger holes, some scratching throughout). Accompanied by scrap of paper inscribed, "H. Norton, Nov/64," which consignor relates was originally rolled up inside of the instrument.

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