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1779 Powderhorn Simcoe's Rangers, original engraved priming horn
Guns International #: 101165157 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Military Collectible US - Powder Flasks & Horns
Seller's Information
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Seller: tdura
Member Since: 1/14/09
State: Colorado
Country: United States
Phone: (719) 689-3007
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
CARRIED BY ONE of SIMCOE’S QUEEN’S RANGERS 1779 THIS EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY POWDER HORN WAS CARRIED BY A MEMBER OF COL JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE’S QUEEN’S AMERICAN RANGERS, A GROUP OF BRITISH LOYALISTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. BEAUTIFUL SCRIMSHAW CARVINGS OF THE FOLLOWING GRACE THIS HIGH QUALITY POWDER HORN:"COL. J. SIMCOE'S QUEENS RANGERS" IS PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ABOVE"LONG LIVE GEO. III" OVER THE GARTER, SURROUNDING THE SHIELD OF THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. A CROWNED LION STANDS TO THE LEFT OF THE SHIELD AND A UNICORN STANDS TO THE RIGHT."HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" or "MAY HE BE SHAMED WHO THINKS BADLY OF IT" & "DIEV ET MON DROIT" (sp) OR "GOD AND MY RIGHT" ARE PLAINLY SCRIMSHAWED IN THE SHIELD.NEW YORK, OYSTER BAY (SPELLED OYSTER BY), HEMPSTEAD (SPELLED HAMP-STD), & LONG ISLAND ARE FEATURED PROMINENTLY. IT IS DATED 1779. "CARRICK" LAST NAME IS CARVED ON THE BUTT PLUG OF THE HORN. This elite and brutal group was the basis for modern Special Forces. BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE DATED OCTOBER 29, 1779 BY TOM HESTER OF THE STAR-LEDGER STAFF NEW BRUNSWICK In one of the boldest raids of the war so far, Lt. Col. John Simcoe, the notorious 27-year-old Tory ranger commander, and his cavalry burned the county courthouse in the village of Somerset Court House last night after torching a nearby church and 18 flatboats at Raritan. The 48-hour-long raid ended for Simcoe in the dirt of the Amwell road outside of New Brunswick this morning when militiamen, who were waiting in ambush, shot his horse from under him and he was knocked unconscious. Three of the 87 Queen's Rangers who rode with Simcoe were killed, and six others were captured with him. Simcoe owes his life to James Schureman, a New Brunswick militiaman, who prevented a vengeful militiaman from bayoneting him as he lay unconscious. Instead, Simcoe was propped against a tree by Jonathan F. Morris, a New Brunswick medical student, who bled him to help him recover from his head injury. Simcoe is detested by patriots for his willingness to use the bayonet and offer no quarter to the defeated. In turn, he considers Americans a "mean and despicable enemy." previous owner purchased this piece many years ago out of a Cape Cod estate-he became friends with Mr Neuman the fellow that wrote the book on horns. Mr Neuman mentored him as he amassed 5-12 horns over the years till Mr.Neuman deceased.
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