The Civil War was one of America’s bloodiest historical wars. Some of the first campaign ribbons and medals were issued for this war and its veterans. The American flag in the ribbon shows the pride of our chaging America.
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WORLD WAR 1 MILITARY FRENCH M15 ADRIAN HELMET
The M15 Adrian helmet was a combat helmet issued to the French Army during World War 1. It was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by the new technique of indirect fire became a frequent cause of battlefield casualties. Introduced in 1915, it was the first modern steel helmet and it served as the basic helmet of many armies well into the 1930s. Initially issued to infantry soldiers, in modified form they were also issued to cavalry and tank crews. A subsequent version, the M26, was used during WW2
1960’s SUB-MARINER MARVEL COMIC BOOKS
The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream for American comic books, dominantly those in the superhero. The Silver Age is considered to cover the period from 1956 to circa 1970. All kids loved comics. The artwork the stories so much fun and imagination. Today some of our top films were taken from the Silver age period comic heroes.
200yr OLD PRIMITIVE AMERICAN CALIFORNIA NATIVE INDIAN POTTERY WATER JUG
Thousands of years ago, was the beginning of agriculture in North America caused the early nomadic Indian people to settle into new territories in North America. Soon, pottery shapes developed with various customs and techniques of gathering water, storing grains and preserving seeds for the season of planting. The craft was the woman’s job in the development of cooking pots that were made to sit on rocks in open fires, water jars with indented bases so they could sit comfortably on the heads of water gatherers, and large storage vessels for grains and water. Indian villages all over the North America became known for their different pot shapes and decorative styles.
1920’s MOVIE THEATER LAMP SCONCES PAIR HISTORICAL
Historical movie movie theater lamp sconces with an stylish art deco art nouveau French design period. They are made from a heavy cast metal. They were salvaged from old local movie house. Traditional finish, stylish functionality. The timeless appearance of our Vintage
Wall Sconces enhance the charm of your walls.
1900 DECOY DUCK CANVASBACK DRAKE SAM BARNES HAVRE DE GRACE MACKEY COLLECTION
MUSEUM QUALITY
Wood Decoy from 1900, from the Wm J Mackey Jr. Collection, has original stamp and tag. It is Canvasback drake by Sam Barnes Havre De Grace MD. He is 16 1/4″ has all original paint. this is an exceptional decoy and museum quality! Wood decoys first started in early 1800’s. Ever since Joel Barber, the first known decoy collector, started in 1918, decoys have become increasingly viewed as an important form of North American folk art.
ANCIENT INDIAN ARROW HEAD NIANGUA MO GASEONADE RIVER COLLECTION
lot of Ancient Indian made arrow heads. These were all from Nigangua MO. Osage Fork of the Gaseonade River . They are 1 1/4″ to almost 3″ This came from estate of professor of archeology and history. He was collecting for over 70 plus years. In the Stone Age, people used sharpened bone, flint napped stones, flakes, and chips of rock as weapons and tools. Such items remained in use throughout human civilization, with new materials used as time passed. As archaeological artifacts such objects are classed as projectile points (arrow Heads), without specifying whether they were projected by a bow or by some other means such as throwing since the specific means of projection.
VINTAGE ANTIQUE MARITIME STAR PATHFINDER COMPASS
FINDING YOUR WAY
vintage antique star Pathfinder compass #56350. It is all solid bronze brass and heavy 6″ wide and works great.
The magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination early as the Chinese Han Dynasty (since about 206 BC), and usage recorded in Western Europe between 1187 and 1202. A rudimentary working model of a liquid compass was introduced by Sir Edmund Halley at a meeting of the Royal Society in 1690.
SAN DIEGO SURFING BOOK WATERMAN’S EYE
MY BOOK
Most men take their past stories to the grave. Emil Ziegler is a rare exception, when at age 90, his past is unearthed by pure fate. A free spirit, surfer and antique dealer named David discovers a few old photos at an estate sale. That discovery changes both men’s lives.
David meets Emil and slowly draws out Emil’s life of adventure prior to getting married in 1940. Emil’s mementos are kept in a locked wooden box under his bed. His wife and children don’t know of his past life until he starts sharing it with David.
Emil was blind in one eye at age 3. A true early waterman, Emil always pushed himself to become better. His adventures started young: saving lives as a young lifeguard in the 1920’s, becoming a surfing forerunner, learning expert diving skills in Tahiti, and rowing a small boat from San Diego to Catalina Island. When he harpoons a whale that tows him for over a day, the adventure lands him in a small Mexican village, where he falls in love with a young lady. On their voyage back to San Diego, a horrific pacific storm like no other, changes his course of time.
This book and movie will take you back to his youth in the 1920’s–1930’s and to his present-day life in 2001. It is a journey of love and passion as seen through the eyes of both Emil and David. Men will recount their own past stories and women will better understand their husbands, fathers, and loved ones.
VINTAGE 1800’S BRASS SCIENCE MICROSCOPE
This is a wonderful original 1800’s all brass microscope. Measures 13″, there are no manufactor’s markings on the item. The microscope date backs to the 1600’s and some even claim earlier 1200;s
The first detailed account of the interior construction of living tissue based on the use of a microscope did not appear until 1644, in Giambattista Odierna’s L’occhio della mosca, or The Fly’s Eye
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