Rock & Roll Pop Culture Auction

Lot #542:

Tom Berenger “One Man's Hero” Screen Worn Mexican Artillery Officer “John Riley” (Jacket, Pants and Shirt)

From the 1999 historical war film, “One Man’s Hero,” is this 1840s Mexican Artillery Officer prop uniform screen worn by Tom Berenger starring as the main character “Sgt. John Riley.”

The film is a dramatization of the true story of John Riley and the Saint Patrick’s Battalion, a group of Irish Catholic immigrants who desert the mostly Protestant US Army to join the Catholic Mexican army during the Mexican – American War of 1846-1848.

The uniform and shirt exhibit wear and proper tagging from the film which was nominated for three 1999 Political Film Society Awards and its’ Director nominated for the 2000 ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Feature Film.

Authentication: Gotta Have Rock and Roll Certificate of Authenticity, the shirt is signed by Tom Berenger and lot is accompanied by two Tom Berenger signed handwritten letters of authenticity.