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Lot 1098

U.S. ARMY BOOKLETS, FIREARMS, SABERS, UNIFORMS

Estimate: $150 - $250
Starting Bid
$100

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

(lot) U.S. Military Booklets (1) "Saber Exercise, 1914", "prepared by Second Lieut. George S. Patton, Jr., Fifteenth Cavalry, Master of the Sword at the Mounted Service School", 40 pages, Government Printing Office, 1914; (1) "Description and Rules for the Management of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine and Army Revolvers, Caliber .45", Ordnance Department, Government Printing Office, 1898, illustrated"; (1) "Lectures on Cavalry", Capt. P.T. Hayne, Jr., 12th Cavalry, Instructor, 1915, 80 pages; (1) "Notes on Infantry, Cavalry and Field Artillery" Lectures Provisional Second Lieutenants, 1917, 82pages; (1) "General Pershing's Own Story of the Victorious American Army", from the report of the Secretary of War, 1918' (1) "Regulations and Notes for the Uniform of the Army of the United States, 1888", compiled by Jacques Noel Jacobsen Jr;  (1) "Regulations for the Uniform of the United States Army (Revised Edition" 1914, Government Printing Office, 68 pages; (1) WWI Era map, "Travels of the 37th Division in Belgium, Oct. 25, 1918-Jan. 15, 1919", now folded, unfolded approx. 21,5" x 34"; (1) WWI Era Map, "Operations of the 37th and 91st in Belgium, Oct. 30 to Nov. 11, 1918"; (1) "Weapons and Equipment of Early American Soldiers", National Park Service, reprint 1947, 20 pages; (1) "Accoutrements of the Army of the United States as Described in the Ordnance Manuals, 1839, 1841, 1850 & 1861", compiled and edited by Jacques Noel Jacobsen Jr., 1968, and others, all housed in a three ring binder, for shipping 11.5" x 10.5" x 2", 3.75lbs **Provenance: Collection of T'Odon Charles (Chuck) Leshikar, Jr., (Texas,1946-2020), Vietnam, U.S. Army Lt. ,“Delta Raiders,” D Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, later Echo Company commander, Silver Star, three Bronze Stars, Soldiers Medal, Purple Heart. More information including the Silver Star citation see:  https://toddshistory.com/?cat=12

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