Ribbon, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Ribbon, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1951.031.01
- Creator:
- Whitehead Hoag Company
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1912
- Description:
- Commemorative Badge. Wm. H. Bryant Post, No. 63, G.A.R., Cornish, NH. Front: Black silk ribbon suspended from horizontal gilded pin back with chromolithograph of clasped hands and two flags on celluloid. Celluloid nameplate imprinted "Jr. V. Commander" and five-pointed gilded metal star, seal, "GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC / VETERAN", suspended from pin back with brass chains. "WM. H. BRYANT / POST, NO. 63 / G.A.R. / CORNISH, N.H." printed in silver. Reverse: silver lettering on silk with red, white, and blue vertical stripes, "WM. H. BRYANT / POST, NO. 63 / G.A.R. / CORNISH, N.H." Gold metallic wire border and fringe on ribbons. "The Whitehead Hoag Co...Newark, N.J." stamped on back of pin, star, and printed on paper label between ribbons. One of six badges, all identical except for nameplate.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-2.25 L-8 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William H. Bryant Post No. 63, G.A.R.
- People:
- Bryant, William H. (1840-1883)
- Subjects:
- Civil War, Fraternal organizations, Mourning, Mourning customs
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