Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Confederate officer's sash of General Leonidas Polk. Red silk with cord tassels, 135 inches long, 3.5 inches wide; numerous small snag holes on sash and several dark stains along sash and base of tassels, but overall retaining a rich crimson hue. Np, nd
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Confederate infantry and artillery officers wore a crimson sash around their waist. This sash, more than 11 feet long, has been in the Polk family since General Polk was killed by an artillery shell while scouting the Confederate position at Pine Mountain, Georgia on 14 June 1864. with--a letter of authenticity from Polk's great-great-great-grandson testifying to its provenance.