The listing, Ft Pickens Patch 4" x 3" large .. of the REAL Fort in Florida Panhandle has ended.
THIS AUCTION IS JUST FOR THE PATCH
Size is 4" x 3" large
OF FT. PICKENS, ONLY!
The pictures are some shots of the Fort for your pleasure!
Ft Pickens, in Northwestern Panhandle of Florida, near Pensacola:
The peaceful surroundings--white sugar-sand beaches, clumps of golden sea oats, and the soothing sounds of coastal waves pounding on the shores of a long barrier island--contrast the serious purpose of Fort Pickens, located on Santa Rosa Island in Florida.
One of the largest brick forts built in the United States
HERE is a patch from there, NEVER used it!
Here are some photos of Ft Pickens, it is a very interesting place.
http://www.nps.gov/guis/planyourvisit/fort-pickens.htm
In the 1880s, Geronimo and other members of the Chiricahua-Apache tribe were prisoners at Fort Pickens located at Gulf Islands National Seashore.
One of two 6-inch shield guns of Battery 234, a World War II gun emplacement at Fort Pickens.
Ten concrete gun batteries, including one in the middle of the historic fort, were built from the 1890s through the 1940s, each a response to a particular threat