July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
A historic Custer battlefield artifact being a 45-70 bullet slug recovered from battlefield of Little Bighorn where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and 262 troopers of the 7th US Cavalry were killed by Native American warriors. This rare artifact was recovered by seasonal park ranger George Scott, from near where Weir advanced in his attempt to aid Custer, from private property prior to 1984 and comes with a map showing where it was found and complete provenance. Expected wear from being in the ground for over 110 years!
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