Wooden wall shelf with Civil War insignia and icons. N.p., n.d. 12 x 16 in. 

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (GAR) VETERAN’S HAND-CARVED COMMEMORATIVE WALL SHELF, WITH XIX ARMY CORPS BADGE

American, ca. 1880s–1900s; carved and applied hardwoods.

A handcrafted postwar veteran’s display in the form of the Nineteenth Army Corps badge, employed here as the backboard for a shallow shelf and embellished with applied relief devices of service: central field gun with stacked shot; drum and crossed sticks; bugle; haversack and canteen on crossed straps; crossed handguns; camp tent; and small corps badge appliqués arranged above and below the shelf. At the crest, a Pennsylvania-shaped keystone bears the raised initials “PV” over a small block carved “US,” likely denoting the piece was made by or for a Pennsylvania Volunteers veteran. 

A well-preserved example of GAR veteran folk art whose iconography clearly signals XIX Corps service, enhanced by the Pennsylvania keystone and the array of finely rendered martial motifs.

Note: This lot cannot be packaged and shipped in-house. Successful bidders winning items marked as being packaged and shipped by a third-party service are responsible for paying the third party directly. We are happy to offer complimentary drop-off service to local third-party packing/shipping companies in Columbus, Ohio.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Relics, Militaria] [Medals, Corps Badges, Badges] [Art, Folk Art, Military Art, Etching, Engraving, Lithographs, Prints, Ephemera]