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ARTIFACT: This is a stunning Spanish American War era patriotic USS Maine glass. The glass has a large gilt and white enamel pyro-transfer depicting the battleship before her demise in 189The sinking of the USS Maine precipitated the Spanish-American War...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful Spanish-American War commemorative USS Maine memorial plate by Baltimore Pottery Co. and is in the best condition I've ever seen. The center shows an image of the battleship coasting the ocean waters and reads: "U.S.S. BATTLESHIP...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Navy officer's belt buckle from the Spanish-American War era. The Spanish-American war began in February 1898 after the USS Maine exploded at Havana Harbor. Popular opinion at the time blamed the Spanish for the Maine's...

ARTIFACT: This is a handsome picture of the USS Maine, the sinking of which precipitated the Spanish-American War. The Maine exploded at Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, and popular opinion at the time blamed the Spanish for the Maine's demise...

ARTIFACT: This is a glass paperweight from the Spanish-American War featuring war hero Admiral George Dewey, whose fleet defeated Spain at Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, and the USS Olympia, Dewey's flagship. VINTAGE: Circa Spanish-American War...

ARTIFACT: This is a Civil War era miniature mug for the United States Navy Ironclad USS Monitor. The front of the mug shows a hand-painted eagle between union flags and reads MONITOR BEATS ALL in gilt script. The bottom of the mug appears to bear the...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Navy grouping of a World War I Victory Medal with escort bar, ribbon and its original box, a VFW medal in its original 1920 mailer, and an autographed yard long of the USS Imperator and her officers and crew. The whole...

ARTIFACT: This is a silk United States Navy pilot scarf from World War II. The scarf is white and sewn in piecework much like a parachute. A winged anchor within a circle reading U.S. Navy is silkscreened in blue at both ends. VINTAGE: Circa World War...

ARTIFACT: Nice, concise paper and photo grouping of overseas United States Naval Pilot, Lieutenant j. g. George E. Rumill. Rumill was N. A. (Naval Aviator) No. 217 and saw service out of the Royal; Naval Air Station Killingholme in Killingholme England...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic United States Naval Academy at Annapolis dance card for the 1912 Farewell Ball. The dance card is in brass and is in the form of the fore end of a Great White Fleet battleship. It was made by the George Fry Company of...

ARTIFACT: Less than 400 were on board on February 15, 1898 when the U.S.S. Maine exploded, killing 260. Tensions between Spain and Cuba were high, Spain's oppression was brutal and America sent the U.S.S. Maine to Havana Harbor in response to the rising...

ARTIFACT: This is a 2 piece grouping of a United States Navy Airship / Blimp Helmsman's Sea Bag and working Blouse / Shirt / Top from World War I. It belonged to Edmund J. Schumacher of the U.S. Naval Flying Corps, whose name is in evidence in several...