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GROUP OF THREE 18th CENTURY SERGEANT’S

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
GROUP OF THREE 18th CENTURY SERGEANT’S
WHISTLES & THREE 18th-19th CENTURY FIFES. 3 Revolutionary War era whistles, one horn, one wood, one pewter (similar examples in Neumann & Kravic, Collectors Guide to the Revolutionary War). 3 Fifes, one 20th century aluminum, one early wood, one early plated brass w/ gutta percha collar w/ attached Civil War era patented ‘cheater’. CONDITION: whistles are all very good to fine overall, the carved horn whistle has a crack in the mouthpiece. The aluminum fife missing wrapped ends, the wood fife missing one brass end & has cord repair to crack. PROVENANCE: From the Collection of John "Tim" Breth Jr. (02-13835-2/JS). $500-700.