~ LM LT sale draft, Aug 2016
lordmarcovan
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[Obviously a Civil War military themed engraving.
Note the fort-shaped frame. The central motif is a bridge over a river, with forest beyond. Given the 1864 half dollar host coin, I'm thinking this is probably some Virginia locale near the end of the war. Maybe the Wilderness campaign? The landscape certainly seems to fit. Of course it bears further research.
Yes, the broken pinback residue is unfortunate, but if it had an intact pinback, I might not have bought it because those just don't fit well in my album pages. Broken pinbacks are worse, but in this case I overlooked the old solder and mounting damage because the engraving was so interesting.
The seller had "dirtdigger" in her email address, so I half wonder if this isn't a dug piece. Am trying to find out.
Note the fort-shaped frame. The central motif is a bridge over a river, with forest beyond. Given the 1864 half dollar host coin, I'm thinking this is probably some Virginia locale near the end of the war. Maybe the Wilderness campaign? The landscape certainly seems to fit. Of course it bears further research.
Yes, the broken pinback residue is unfortunate, but if it had an intact pinback, I might not have bought it because those just don't fit well in my album pages. Broken pinbacks are worse, but in this case I overlooked the old solder and mounting damage because the engraving was so interesting.
The seller had "dirtdigger" in her email address, so I half wonder if this isn't a dug piece. Am trying to find out.
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