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Badge

Object Name:
Badge
Object ID:
1996.505.15
Date:
circa 1866
Description:
Badge, bronze, G.A.R. Front: Purple silk ribbon suspended from horizontal gilded pin. Back with chromolithograph of eagle clasping a sword with two cannons intersecting. Horizontal pin back in middle of ribbon with the letter "C" in the middle of pin. Star-shaped medal with a chromolithograph of soldiers shaking hands suspended from ribbon. Printed on medal is, "Grand Army of The Republic, 1861 Veteran 1866."
Material:
Textile
Metal
Celluloid
Gold
Silk
Bronze
Dimensions:
H-4.5 W-1.8 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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