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Early 20th Century Hand Carved Naïve Folk-Art Figure of a Soldier
Located in London, GB
The Solider We are proud to offer a highly sculptural hand carved naïve folk-art figure of a
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Vintage 1910s Unknown Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

German Folk Art Naïve Military Painting, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
A wonderful example of a circa 1870 German Folk Art naïve military scene in townscape annotated to
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Antique 1870s German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century English Folk Art Jig Doll
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century English Folk Art Jig Doll We are proud to offer a late 19th century hand carved
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Antique 1890s English Folk Art Toys

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century English Folk Art Whirligig Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art whirligig figure We are proud to offer a true example of an early 20th
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Vintage 1920s British Folk Art Weathervanes

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Pine, Paint

Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Jesus Angel Saint 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century figurine is hand-carved of bone to depict an Indian soldier holding a
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20th Century Indian Folk Art Toys

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Bone, Paint

Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
H 3.25 in W 1.25 in D 1.25 in
Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century figurine is hand-carved of bone to depict an Indian soldier holding a
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20th Century Indian Folk Art Toys

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Bone, Paint

Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
H 3.25 in W 1.25 in D 1.25 in
20th C Signed & Dated Folk Sculpture of a Soldier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folk terracotta sculpture is depicting a English soldier in uniform - The jointed arms are
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Vintage 1980s American Country Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Terracotta

Rare Old Himalayan Tibetan Carved Wood Folk art figure Tribal Art Asian Antiques
Located in London, GB
A rare and interesting old Himalayan / Tibetan folk art figure of a soldier or warrior. The
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tribal Art

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Wood

Soldier Carnival Shooting Gallery Targets
By King
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early examples of 'King' soldier shooting gallery targets. Rare shape and extremely thick. King
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Early 20th Century American Carnival Art

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Iron

Toy Wooden Tank Made by Italian Soldier from the Second World War
Located in London, GB
A wonderful piece of social history made at a time when the world was beginning to heal itself from the termoil of the Second World War. Passed down through generations of an English...
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Vintage 1940s British Folk Art Toys

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Reclaimed Wood

Modern Bust of a Roman Soldier
Located in Dallas, TX
A masterfully hand carved sculptural bust of a Roman soldier. This is a modern reproduction of a
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Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Ceramics

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Terracotta

Modern Bust of a Roman Soldier
Modern Bust of a Roman Soldier
H 27.25 in W 17.5 in D 10 in
"Universal Soldier" Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Jean Claude Van-Damme and Dolph Lundgren, Universal Soldier was a pulpy action/sci-fi from
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1990s Ghanaian Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Antique American Soldier Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved and painted Pine with rotating sheet iron swords, with black hair, mustache and beard, bicorn hat, blue jacket with tacks for buttons, black boots mounted on a yellow circular...
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Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Sheet Metal

Antique American Soldier Whirligig
Antique American Soldier Whirligig
H 15 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Vintage Collection of Seven Small Lead Marine Soldiers
Located in Sofia, BG
This collection contains seven marine soldiers in various poses with typical uniforms. All figures
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Early 20th Century French Toys

Materials

Lead

Antique Germany Chip Hand Carved House Catchall Box Tramp Folk Art 1880s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A petite German late 19th century Tramp Folk Art Secret Chamber Cabinet Box. This petite Folk Art
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Antique Late 19th Century German Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Antique Oil Painting Signed Dansaert Soldier Homecoming Portrait
Located in Potters Bar, GB
(Belgian 1830 - 1909) We think the scene depicts the home coming of the soldier to the family The way
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Antique 1830s Paintings

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Other

Antique Germany Chip Hand Carved Wall Cupboard Cabinet Tramp Folk Art 1880s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A petite German late 19th century Tramp Folk Art Wall Cupboard Cabinet. This petite Folk Art piece
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Antique Late 19th Century German Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Mirror, Wood

19th Century Oil on Canvas French Antique Painting Soldiers, 1880
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
, depicting the return of the soldiers after the battle, of good pictorial quality. Risorgimento style
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Antique 1880s French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Oil on Canvas French Antique Painting Soldiers, 1880
19th Century Oil on Canvas French Antique Painting Soldiers, 1880
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H 72.05 in W 55.91 in D 3.15 in
Collection of 17 Small Lead Soldiers from French and English Regiments
Located in Sofia, BG
This collection contains soldiers and guards and other English and French regiments in various
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Mid-20th Century French Toys

Materials

Lead

Collection of 40 Pre WW1 Lead Soldiers, Scots Guards and English Regiments
Located in Port Chester, NY
This collection contains Scots Guards and other English regiments. The soldiers have various poses
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Early 20th Century English Toys

Materials

Lead

"Arab Soldier in Prayer" by Belgian Painter Théophile Lybaert - Belgium 1899
By Théophile Marie Françoise Lybaert
Located in Brussels, BE
influence on his art. His subjects of predilection are historic and especially, orientalism.
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Antique 1890s Belgian Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Early 19th Century Folk Art Hand-Carved Gentleman Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky gentleman looks like a soldier or a officer of the military. The carving is quite good
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Antique Early 19th Century American Country Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

German Military Folk Art Gouache Painting, circa 1866
Located in London, GB
German gouache folk art military painting. This example pays homage to watch maker named JM Bertrand
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Antique 19th Century German Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Paint

20th Century Outsider Art Portrait of an American Soldier
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small oil painting on canvas. It is a naive portrait of an American soldier in uniform. It
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Canvas, Oak

Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
By Renato Bassoli
Located in Milano, IT
soldier on a tombstone; he holds his arm folded over his stomach, as if he had been injured in the war
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

19th C. Mexican Retablo, C.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo. The retablo was an art form that flourished in
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

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Tin

19th C. Mexican Retablo, C.1880
19th C. Mexican Retablo, C.1880
H 14 in W 10 in D 0.2 in
19th C. Mexican Retablo Saint Francis c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
the Mexican folk retablo. The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

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Tin

19th c. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil" c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo. The retablo was an art form that flourished in
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

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Tin

19th C. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil", c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo. The retablo was an art form that flourished in
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Tin

English Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
English Jigger Doll We are proud to offer an early 20th century hand carved folk art English
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Vintage 1920s British Folk Art Toys

Materials

Pine

English Jigger Doll
English Jigger Doll
H 11 in W 3 in D 1.5 in
WWII Trench Art Artillery Shell Bullet Coin Ashtray
Located in Forney, TX
A fascinating Word War II trench art sculptural ammo ashtray. Typically hand-crafted by a soldier
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Mid-20th Century European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass

Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Located in Forney, TX
of collectors, including militaria, world history, military folk art, especially WWI and WWII, 19th
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Early 20th Century European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Brass, Bronze, Copper

British Soldier's Woolwork or Woolie, 19h Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an exceptional example of a 19th century British soldier's "Woolie" or woolwork that is
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Antique Early 19th Century English British Colonial Political and Patrio...

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Wool, Glass, Wood

WWI Trench Art Miniature Hand-Carved Ball in Cage Whimsy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circa 1910 trench art whimsy figure composed of a ball in cage, all whittled form one piece of wood
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Vintage 1910s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

A group of ten hand carved and painted wooden Napoleonic soldier figures c 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This very rare group of French Napoleonic period soldiers are completely handmade. They have each
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Mid-20th Century British Napoleon III Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

British Sailor's Woolwork, With Motto of The Order of The Garter
Located in Downingtown, PA
woolwork depicts a soldier and a sailor standing and pointing with one hand to either side of a circular
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Antique Late 19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

An Extremely Fine South African Tsonga Prestige Staff by the ‘Baboon Master'
Located in London, GB
items and were also carved for sale to European travellers and traders, soldiers and colonists who would
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Antique Late 19th Century South African Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

20th Century Mixed Media on Canvas Signed Vittorini C. Painting, 1980
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
of soldiers in war signed Vittorini C. in the lower center (see photo). Exceptional size framework
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Vintage 1980s Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Blind Belisarius, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
a soldier who had fought under his command and the moral message of the work is the transience of
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Antique 1680s Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Round Painting, 1830s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
slaves and asks Jesus to heal him. The Gospel presents the Roman soldier to us as a good and humble man
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Antique 1830s Italian Paintings

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Canvas

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Allegory Painting Cherubs Game, 1640s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
cherubs delight in the game of war with soldiers and prisoner and fake wooden swords abandoned at their
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Antique 1640s Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

France – Great-Britain. British Crimean War medal
Located in UTRECHT, UT
queen Victoria left Reverse: CRIMEA, Roman soldier armed with circular shield and short sword being
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Classical Roman Antiquities

Materials

Silver

Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Plant Pot Pillar Majolica Austria Vine Leaves Ceramics from 1885
Located in Berlin, DE
can be seen. Illustration of a monk and spanish soldier in the middle ages. (K -73).
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Antique 1880s Austrian Renaissance Revival Ceramics

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Ceramic

Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer
Located in Roma, IT
This military toy truck and trailer is a wind up toy truck with soldier and its own trailer. Tin
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Mid-20th Century European Toys

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Metal

Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer
Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer
No Reserve
H 3.75 in W 11.03 in D 3.55 in
Naive Ethiopian Painting The first Italo-Ethiopian War, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
). Menelik II planned move on the next day. The soldiers awakened early and performed religious rites at the
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Vintage 1970s Ethiopian Paintings

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Canvas

Fight with National War Bonds Vintage British WWI Poster, Circa 1917-18
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, recruiting soldiers and boosting volunteer efforts, to spurring production and provoking outrage at enemy
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Vintage 1910s Posters

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Paper

"Buy Your Extra 6th War Loan Bonds Here" Vintage WWII Poster, 1944
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
communication needs of every combatant: from raising money, recruiting soldiers and boosting volunteer efforts
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Vintage 1940s Posters

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Paper

19th century English folk art, Town scene with soldier my a monument and church
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very unique oil on a card of an English town landscape with figures, soldier
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1840s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil

Early 20th Century Carved and Painted Wood Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Carved and painted wooden soldier whirligig. Early 20th century American. Soldier has a leather hat
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Native American Beadwork Gauntlets with an Chief, ca 1880-90
Located in York County, PA
-another. Made circa 1880-1890, many of these types of gauntlets were sold to soldiers and were popular
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Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Objects

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Leather

Antique World War 2 Bruce Stapleton 'Victory Bonds' Patriotic Framed Poster
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
done by Bruce Stapleton for the Canadian war effort in approximately 1940 in the period Art Deco style
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

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Paper

Vintage Union Jack, Circa 1950s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
St. George’s Cross, the flag of England. Since the 13th century, English soldiers had used the Cross
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Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Political and Patriotic Memorab...

Materials

Cotton

Vintage Union Jack, Circa 1950s
Vintage Union Jack, Circa 1950s
H 27.5 in W 41.25 in D 1.5 in
13 Star Antique American Flag , Ca 1890-1899
Located in York County, PA
freedom, and were carried by soldiers during the Mexican and Civil Wars for the same purpose. Throughout
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Antique 1890s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

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Wool

36-Star Printed American Flag, Rare Haloed Star Medallion, Circa 1865
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
soldiers. This is a truly spectacular piece of Americana, a significant addition to any serious Civil War
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Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Fabric

34 TUMBLING STARS on an ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-63, KANSAS
Located in York County, PA
as props in commercial photography, for portraits of Civil War soldiers. Whatever the case may be
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Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

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Wool

13 Star Antique American Flag, ca 1895-1926
Located in York County, PA
freedom, and were carried by soldiers during the Mexican and Civil Wars for the same purpose. Throughout
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Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wool

Antique American Flag w/ 13 Stars in the Betsy Ross Design & 45 Stars on Reverse
Located in York County, PA
were carried by soldiers during the Mexican and Civil Wars to draw a parallel between the current and
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Antique 1890s American Other Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

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Wool, Cotton

Civil War Apron, Made In Cambridge, OH by Laura, Hynes, ca 1861
Located in York County, PA
sanitary conditions in the care of Civil War soldiers. Officially sanctioned by the War Department on June
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Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

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Cotton

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Folk Art Soldier For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic folk art soldier available at 1stDibs. A folk art soldier — often made from wood, metal and fabric — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a folk art soldier — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A folk art soldier made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — is very popular. Ernest Vernon Howell, Théophile Marie Françoise Lybaert and Will Kautz each produced at least one beautiful folk art soldier that is worth considering.

How Much is a Folk Art Soldier?

Prices for a folk art soldier can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $165 and can go as high as $14,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,163.
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    Among the materials used in folk art are cloth, wood, paper, clay and metal.

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