Cavalry Guidon at auction
http://www.sothebys.com/m...te/pdf/N08705/flash.htmlThe link provided is to a Sotheby's Auction of the relic remains of a mounted unit guidon, purported and "authenticated" to have been recovered at...
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A very detailed report, and thanks!You really can't blame the folks at Sothby's. As auctioneers, their job is to get the most money they can for the benefit of themselves and the customer they...
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Abili said (12/06/10):"The title of the auction, "Custer's Last Flag" is an obvious play on the popular title of the battle "Custer's Last Stand." As far as I can tell Ltc. G. A. Custer did not engage...
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I had always considered “Last Stand” as media hyperbole and never tried to associate the term with any military function. In my service I did occasionally hear the term “Stand-to” used to indicate...
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Alibi wrote: This media hyperbole apparently lead to the popular use of the term “last stand” as a metaphor for the fate of the “gallant” Custer battalion, which from many of the eyewitness...
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