For Civil War relics, I recently lost an auction for an excavated CSA wishbone buckle by just a few cents. Now I'm eyeing a French Revolution saber and 1810 pattern shako plate for my Napoleonic French collection, and I'm praying they don't go before I've got the funds to pick them up haha More @Wikipedia
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