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‘Tip of the Spear’ memorial to honor combat veterans of the 20th, 21st centuries
Military Order of the Purple Heart chapter raising funds for memorial
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‘Tip of the Spear’ to honor combat veterans of the 20th, 21st centuries
SAN ANTONIO – After being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fundraising has resumed for “Tip of the Spear,” a 13-foot memorial topped by a starkly dramatic bronze statue of three wounded soldiers representing combat veterans of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Tony Roman, the Texas chief of staff for the Military Order of the Purple Heart and a driving force behind the memorial, said they are shown holding on to each other because “no matter the war, we are a band of brothers.”
Original 1865 tintype of Custer by Matthew Brady brings $5,750 in Holabird s huge Feb. 11-15 auction
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Original tintype of George Armstrong Custer in a non-political case, 3 ¼ inches by 3 ½ inches, taken in 1865 by Matthew Brady, the famous Civil War-era photographer ($5,750).
Holabird Western Americana Collections
RENO, Nev. â An 1862 Abraham Lincoln silver Peace Medal in About Uncirculated condition sold for $18,750, an original 1865 tintype of George Armstrong Custer from a photograph taken by the iconic Civil War-era photographer Matthew Brady rang up $5,750, and three scarce and historically significant ingots (two silver, one gold) brought a combined $86,792 in a five-day Sweetheart Express Auction held Feb. 11th-15th by Holabird Western Americana Collections.
An 1862 Lincoln silver Peace Medal and an 1865 tintype of Custer by Brady are part of Holabird s huge Feb. 11-15 auction
1862 Lincoln silver Peace Medal, 62.5 mm, About Uncirculated, the only Presidential peace medal issued in a year other than the inauguration date of the president ($18,750).
The auction was held online and live in the Holabird gallery in Reno, Nevada. It was bursting with nearly 4,000 lots in a wide array of collecting categories.
We broke nearly every record anybody’s ever heard about for a multiple consignor Americana sale. We enjoyed a nearly 90 percent sell-through average.” Fred Holabird
RENO, NV, UNITED STATES, March 4, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ An 1862 Abraham Lincoln silver Peace Medal in About Uncirculated condition sold for $18,750, an original 1865 tintype of George Armstrong Custer from a photograph taken by the iconic Civil War-era photographer Matthew Brady rang up $5,750, and three scarce and historically significant ingots (two silver, o