Recent content by somepriest

Thank you all! Very helpful. Expect it to be preserved. I only wish the seller could find the missing badge on the back of the Mitre, but as old as it is sometimes these items end up going into oblivion. Especially interesting stephenp having a relative who was in the Regiment.

Greetings, I obtained this Mitre with very sparse amounts of information. The claim from the seller was that it dates back to 1894. After a little research, I discovered that this might be from the former Potsdam Giants going back to the late 18th and early 19th century. My concern stemmed from...