Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan tool caddy carved from a clothes pin

carved from a clothes pin I believe

There are a few  samples missing but almost all of them are here

and it feels great to carry around now

Rough top edge from where it was removed from book and a little toning around the edges but overall very good condition

perfect on the desk or anywhere as a catchall if not an astray

Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan tool caddy carved from a clothes pinI purchased this fan from my favorite rare book seller, not knowing quite what to make of it, but finding it quite an interesting, unusual and striking looking thing. I am not enough of a Civil War expert to unpack it, but I am pretty certain the choice of blue ink for the printing connects it the Union, while the serpent at the center of the fan represents the Confederacy. It seems possible, with numbers 1 7 along the left side, that it makes