America at 250

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Lot 269

[CIVIL WAR] Monacy Battlefield Fife w/ Fipple "Cheater"

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Likely rosewood fife, brass connector with period 'cheater' present, missing ferrules. Large crack is present down the shaft of the instrument. Approx. 14 3/4 in.

Civil-War Era fife purported to be picked up by Corporal Marquis de Lafayette March in 1863 from the Monocacy Battlefield. Modern tag stating such provenance is attached, signed by a descendant of Corporal March.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Militaria, Accouterment, Equipment, Uniforms] [Musicians, Musical Instruments, Wind Instruments, Fife, Flutes]

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America at 250

[CIVIL WAR] Monacy Battlefield Fife w/ Fipple "Cheater"

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