THIS AUCTION IS FOR A VERY OLD (OVER 150 YEARS), MUSEUM QUALITY , MILITARY RELATED PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ERA MEMORABILIA. IT DEPICTS THE G.A.R. POST #16 IDENTIFICATION ON THIS CAST IRON STAKE .AS A SIDE BAR, EDWIN LIBBY POST WAS FOUNDED IN ROCKLAND, MAINE BY CIVIL WAR VETS IN 1868 . IT BECAME THE HOME BASE OF MANY UNION SOLDIERS FROM MAINE AND UNION SOLDIERS FROM OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES. THE MEMORIAL ESTABLISHED IN 1912 STANDS TO THIS DAY IN ROCKLAND FOR PERPETUITY. . THIS CAST IRON STAKE IS A GENUINE MILIT ARY ARTIFACT, NOT A REPRO OR KNOCK OFF. THE STAKE IS 22 1/2 INCHES LONG AND THE FIVE POINTED STAR WIDTH IS 5 1/2 INCHES. STAR AND STAKE REPRESENT ONE SINGLE CASTING; NO SEPARATION. FLAG EYE HOLDER ON THE BACK OF THE STAR IS INTACT. WEIGHT FOR SHIPPING WILL BE ABOUT 6 POUNDS. I SHIP USPS WITH TRACKING FROM VT. ANY QUESTIONS ,PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME BEFORE BIDDING. THANKS FOR VIEWING MY AUCTION.