{"product_id":"custers-last-stand-original-battlefield-dug-artifact-little-bighorn-coa-4","title":"CUSTER'S LAST STAND * Original BATTLEFIELD DUG Artifact * LITTLE BIGHORN * COA","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eAuthentic small brass accoutrement battlefield artifact from the Battle of Little Bighorn from the renowned Harrisburg collection of Stephen Reed, and framed in handsome shadow box display featuring a custom graphic insert.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eReed, the longest serving Mayor of Harrisburg, quietly amassed one of the largest \"Custer's Last Stand\" Little Bighorn collections in his quest to build an Old West-themed tourist attraction. Ultimately, Reed was forced to scrap his plan to build the \"National Museum of the Old West\" and sell off the contents in order to attempt to recover the nearly $7 million dollars in public funds spent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eDisplay contains one authentic small brass military issue partial buckle excavated from the Little Bighorn battlefield, in as found condition, indicative of the violent battle which took place there as the exposed troopers had little cover against the overwhelming Indian massacre. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eThe site of intense fighting June 25th and 26th, 1876, \"Custer's Last Stand\" as it is commonly referred to, was an armed engagement between the combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes resulting in the overwhelming defeat of the 7th Cavalry regiment of the United States Army.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eAccompanied by a full Certificate of Authenticity as provenance for this original battlefield artifact. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eCondition of the artifact is as shown. Artifact measures \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eappx. 1.25\" x 1\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eBuy with confidence! Please view our exceptional feedback and ratings, and our additional authentic autograph and collectible auctions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eOwn a remarkable, original piece of American and Indian Wars history! 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