MERLE EVANS DEPT. OF THE ARMY AWARD

LOT OF MERLE EVANS AWARDS INCLUDING KEY TO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, SAILOR CIRCUS, WINDJAMMERS

PRESENTED TO MERLE EVANS ON HIS THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY WITH RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS BY JAMES FRASER, NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILYARD COMPANY, ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, MAY 31, 1950. SILVER CL

ORIGINAL MERLE EVANS UNIFORM INCLUDES CAP, JACKET AND PANTS. LABEL ON PANTS AND JACKET BOTH READ "MERLE EVANS". FROM THE MERLE EVANS ESTATE.

ART SIGNED ROBERT HIGGS, 1959. SILVER PLAQUE ON FRONT READS "PRESENTED TO MRS. MERLE EVANS, BY MERLE EVANS TENT NO. 27 CFA". OIL ON CANVAS. 15.5"X20.5" OVERALL

Vintage Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus poster featuring the "Liberty" Bandwagon with Merle Evans, director of music. Nice graphics. Printed in image in lower left "Bill Bailey". Litho in USA

Nice obsolete Illinois State Police Department Award Of Honor. The medal is in nice condition with some age wear. Back is unmarked. It measures approximately 2-1/2" tall by 2" across.

CHERRY HILL SYMPHONIC CIRCUS MUSIC ADVERTISEMENT. EVANS WAS RBBB BANDMASTER FOR 50 YEARS. 12"X18"

LIKELY FROM 1979 RINGLING MUSEUM "CELEBRITY NIGHT".

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BOTH AUTO TAGS HAVING BEEN ON THE CADILLAC BELONGING TO MERLE EVANS

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PLAQUE READS "TO MERLE EVANS, GREATEST CIRCUS BANDMASTER, CMB 1971 CONVENTION, ALLENTOWN, PA."

Kelty, Edward J. (1888—1967). Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Concert Band. New York: Century, 1927. Depicting the concert band with Merle Evans as band master, posed in front of audience se

LARGE FORMAT, ORIGINAL KELTY PHOTOGRAPH, DEPICTING RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CONCERT BAND WITH MERLE EVANS AS BANDMASTER, CA.1933. DOUBLE RUBBER INK STAMP ON VERSO. 12"X20"

LOT 50+ PCSThis is an all-embracing and exciting assortment of original phonograph records including (mostly) 12" vinyl LPs, plus a few 78s. MERLE EVANS and the RBB&B BAND are well represented here, a

ORIGINAL 1943 POSTER, FEATURING BILL BAILEY DESIGN, MERLE EVANS BANDWAGON. THIRD SHEET (18"X28"). FOLDS, REMNANTS OF DATE TAG, PINHOLES.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Band Wagon / Merle Evans. 1943. Circus poster bearing a portrait of the director of music Merle Evans inset beside a colorful illustration of a patriotic Liberty ba

4 DISKS IN TOTAL INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING RECORDINGS: 1951 GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH EXCERPTS, 1951 MERLE EVANS ROCHESTER, N.Y. STUDIO TAKES, 1951 MERLE EVANS ROCHESTER, N.Y. LIVE PERFORMANCE

This is an extensive and impressive assortment of original phonograph records including (mostly) 12" vinyl LPs, plus a few of 10" LPs and 78s. MERLE EVANS and the RBB&B BAND are well represented here,

Famous circus bandleader MERLE EVANS and the RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY BAND appeared on the popular radio program FITCH BANDWAGON every year between 1943 and 1946. A punch-out circus wagon toy

Quantity of British Army cloth Shoulder Titles, lot includes examples of the Royal Armoured Corps. Royal Army Chaplains Dept, Army Legal Services & a WW2 slip on shoulder badge to the South Staffordsh

ONE SHEET, 1940'S. FEATURING MERLE EVANS AND THE LIBERTY BANDWAGON. LINEN BACKED, MOISTURE STAINS, SCUFFS. 29"X45"