KENYA ANTIQUE BRITISH NATIVE POLICE,MILITARY,ID PAPERS HOLDER & MASAI ART CLOTH

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AD TEXT COPYRIGHT CSA
COPYRIGHT NOTICE : THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS OFFERING IS OWNED BY CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES AND IS OFFERED HERE BY CSA  DBA  CSAEOD.
SOME YEARS AGO A CHRISTIAN BISHOP FROM KENYA VISITED OUR
CHURCH. HE WAS TRAVELING THE USA RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR
SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN RURAL KENYA.
WE BOUGHT THESE ITEMS FROM HIM.
THE CLOTH MASAI IMAGE ITEMS ARE SUCH AS MADE BY THEM FOR
SALE.
THE THREE SHOW MASAI WARRIORS AND WOMEN . THEY APPEAR TO
BE CONTEMPORARY.
THEY AVERAGE 15 X 34 INCHES AND ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
TWO ARE SIGNED BY ARTIST  A. NGANGA
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS CARRIER DETAILS
Metal
MARKED
"ISHERWOOD"
Dimensions with lid in place: 1-7/8 x 3" and 3/8" thick
ANTIQUE NAMED DOCUMENT HOLDER BRITISH NATIVE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
KENYA
PLEASE NOTE WELL - THE EXAMPLE WITH CHAIN IS NOT FOR SALE. IT IS SHOWN AS A VARIATION WITH TYPICAL CHAIN USED.
WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES ON LINE MUSEUM AND DEACQUISITION SALE.
THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.
**Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50+ years.
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