Civil War metal Union military button with metal loop shank soldered to center back. Front shows a left-facing eagle with wings spread, stars-and-stripes shield on chest. Left talon holds arrows; right talon holds olive branch.
Metal Navy military button with 13 stars around edge above long-necked winged bird and left slanted anchor below. On reverse: Scovill Mg. Co. Waterbury around center wire loop/shank.
Rounded gold-colored metal Civil War button with metal loop shank on reverse. Eagle with wings spread grasping arrows in right talons and olive branches in left talons. Shield on breast with an upper case letter 'I' /Roman numeral 1.
Metal door nameplate with beveled dark edge and silver surface with "Henry J. Kauffman" engraved creating dark gray cursive lettering. Round hold drilled at each of the four corners.
Agate Seal with cursive capital letter "E" carved into its stamp face. The letter represents the name "Ellmaker" as the stamp is from the Lucy Ellmaker estate. Molded stamp has a columnar shape with a variety of faceted surfaces. Stamp face has a cartouche shape.
Bridesburg Rifle Musket and Bayonet Belonging to Lloyd Mifflin
Description
a) U.S. 1862 Bridesburg rifle-musket; .58 caliber with bayonet. Stock of the barrel is stamped "L MIFFLIN" in two places. Used by Columbia, Pa. native Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921) as a member of the Columbia Home Guard during the Civil War.
Metal pin with G.A.R. flanked by curlyques and beaded border all around. 4 round hemispheres on lower edge. On reverse, two pins with curved wire clasps. Upper pin (some of wire missing) is 1.5 inches wide; lower larger pin measures 2.5 inches wide.
Tapered mahogany wooden cane with smooth dark finish. One and three quarter inch long golden brass cap/band at top of cane is engraved with a man's profile, President G. Cleveland, on top. 2.125 inch wide brass ferrule on bottom above .75 inch steel tip.
On side written longitudinally: Carried and presented to the L.C.H.S. by George W. Hensel, Jr. 1943.
Engraved horizontally: From Grover Cleveland to W.U. Hensel Easter Time 1893.
Engraving from Hensel to LCHS was a later engraving.
