Bruneau and Co – Historic Arms & Militaria Auction
Online Only Wednesday, February 7th at 10AM EST
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63 4th Ave. Cranston, RI

CRANSTON, R.I. — Rare Gettysburg battlefield pickup items, a Confederate Louisiana frock coat, a Confederate Louisiana shell jacket and shirt and a tool room sample Model 1941 Johnson rifle are just a few of the expected highlights in Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ historic arms and militaria auction slated for Wednesday, February 7, online-only, with no live gallery bidding.

The auction, starting at 10 am Eastern time, contains 280 lots. The catalog is a mix of guns and other weapons plus non-gun related items, spanning multiple conflicts and generations. Up for bid will be a wide array of historic objects, including accoutrements, documents, autographs, belt plates, muskets, carbines, flintlock and percussion arms and other items.

“The material in this auction comes from a variety of museums, historical societies and private collections around the country,” said Joel Bohy, Bruneau & Co’s director of arms and militaria. “It’s been a great experience to catalog such a wide variety of things for dealers, the beginning collector, as well as the most advanced. In short, there is something for everyone in this auction.”

An expected top lot is a Confederate Louisiana frock coat with a steel gray jean cloth body, one of the finest enlisted Confederate frock coats extant with impeccable provenance. It’s believed to have been worn by Charles Stebbins of the 5th Louisiana, who deserted and took the oath of allegiance, but further research is probably warranted ($30/40,000).

Also expected to fetch $30/40,000 is a Confederate Louisiana light gray brown jean cloth jacket with an issue striped cotton shirt having two breast pockets. The shirt is one of the few known Confederate issue enlisted examples. The jacket and shirt are pictured in several books relating to the Civil War.

A Confederate officer’s kepi cap that was picked up at Gettysburg features a brown/gray satinet body, dark blue broadcloth band, two rows of gilt metallic officer’s braids, a bound edge visor, blue silk lining with Confederate newspaper sewn into the pasteboard crown and a cloth sweatband ($15/20,000).

A circa 1777 Continental Army staved canteen with two interlocking hoops, marked on the face “U:States” with a paper label on the opposite side marked, “Canteen used/by William Fleming/of Lower Oxford/township, Ches. Co, Pa/ In the war of 1812,” is estimated $5/10,000).

A circa 1862-63 Confederate brown wool felt beehive-style slouch hat with the string mark from blocking the hat, picked up at Gettysburg by a New York soldier, is pictured in the books Gettysburg Battlefield Relics & Souvenirs by Mike O’Donnell and Don Troiani’s Regiments & Uniforms of the Civil War ($8/10,000).

A lot comprising a rectangular Confederate Noble Brothers cast pewter belt plate marked on the face “CSA” with soldered iron wire belt hooks on the back includes a postwar label written by Sgt Major William A. Smith, 17th Michigan Volunteers, whose descriptive list states the plate was found at the Knoxville battlefield ($8/12,000).

A circa 1863 Confederate low convex drum tin canteen with a coarse brown cloth covering, an old paper label glued to one side marked “Confederate Canteen/picked up on/Gettysburg/Battlefield/1887/In a closet/under the/stairs in old/seminary” is pictured in O’Donnell’s Gettysburg Battlefield Relics & Souvenirs ($8/12,000).

On to weaponry, where a US Model 1941 Johnson tool room sample rifle with a .30-06 caliber, serial number S-10, having a walnut stock and parkerized finish, marked on the right rear of the receiver “Cranston/Arms/Co,” and marked on the top of the receiver “Made in Providence R.I. USA,” 45¾ inches in length is estimated $3/5,000.

There is a J. Valet A Liege Model 1728 musket made circa 1744-47 in what is present-day Belgium, .76 bore, with walnut stock, steel fittings and a lock marked “Jacques Valet/A Liege,” with an early French Model 1717/29 square-shouldered contract-type bayonet with a star or sun pattern on the base of the blade, overall 63¾ inches in length ($2/4,000).

A World War II-era US Model 1903A4 Remington sniper rifle, .30-06, having a walnut stock, a parkerized finish and leather sling, should bring $2/3,000.

Online bidding will be provided by bidLive.Bruneauandco.com and the mobile app “Bruneau & Co” plus the platforms LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone bids will be accepted for this auction. For information, 401-533-9980 or www.bruneauandco.com.

Confederate Louisiana frock coat.
Confederate officer’s kepi picked up on the Gettysburg battlefield
Native American John Defreeze’s 1762-dated Powder Horn
Confederate “beehive” slouch hat picked up on the Gettysburg battlefield
Cloth-covered tin drum canteen marked ‘”Confederate Canteen/ picked up on/Gettysburg/ Battlefield/1887/ln a closet/under the/stairs in old/seminary”
King George’s War-era New England Powder Horn
Revolutionary War “U:STATES” marked canteen.
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