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Spanish-American War: Four Relics From Important Land Battles.... (Total: 4 Items)
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Spanish-American War: Four Relics From Important Land Battles. Including: an oval wooden disc, 2.5" x 1.75, with an affixed paper label that reads, "Piece of wood from block house at San Juan Hill Cuba captured by men led by Col Roosevelt given by Charles Adams U.S. sailor a volunteer 1898"; a piece of wood. 2" long, with a paper tag with "Coco Bolo Wood from Block House on McCella Hill, Cuba" ; a brass triangular tag, 4.25", with incised red letters that read, "Almacen de dinamita Repuesto de Velasco" [Velasco Dynamite Warehouse], an attached paper tag reads, "Key Tag / Key to Magazine in / Moro Castle Havana Cuba / January 1, 1900"; and a turned wood candlestick , 8" high, with a paper label affixed to the bottom that reads, "While on the U.S.S. Vixen 1901 / Piece of the ironwood taken from the Prisoner cell Moro Castle Cuba [Senorita Evangelina Cisneros] May 20th --- I also witnessed U.S. run down U.S. flag & have Cuba flag her independence", the imprisoned Cisneros was at the center of a cause célèbre used by New York newspapers to foment anti-Spanish sentiment prior to the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. All fine or better.Auction Info
2009 December Signature Arms & Militaria Including Civil War Auction #6021 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2009
12th
Saturday
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