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Fri, Nov 16, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 1033

Large Two Handled Sterling Nashville Trophy

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

American, 20th century, urn form, inscribed on side "From the/Greek Citizens of Nashville/To/Colonel Thomas S. Hutchison/In appreciation of his service as a soldier in the Army of Greece before Janina./1912", the other side inscribed in Greek, marker William Nost Co., 14-3/4 in.

Note:

Thomas Setzer Hutchison was American military office, volunteer office in Greece, police commissioner, civil reformer and author and inventor. 

Her served as Colonel for five years and during that time commanded all of the troops of Tennessee, as he was rule and regulations of that governed the military forces of Tennessee. 

Hutchison was a support of the Progressive Party and he became interested in the struggle in the Balkans after a visit to New York on business. He arrived in Greece on November 27, 1912. Hutchinson was immediately commissioned a Major of Artillery in the Garibaldi Legion and joined the Greek Army during the First Balkan War.

Hutchinson returned to Nashville, where he was celebrated by the Greek-American community. In 1913 he published his memories of the Epirus campaign entitled An American Soldier Under the Greek Flag.

 

Condition

previous used as a lamp, polishing abrasion, small dents,