Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2014.046.03
- Date:
- circa 1891
- Description:
- G.A.R. badge. Silver shield-shaped medallion, suspended from purple ribbon. Rectangular bar pin at top, with lettering, "NEW HAMPSHIRE". Medallion bears New Hampshire State Seal and image of Old Man of the Mountain. Reverse of medallion: "DEPT. OF N.H. / GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC / ADOPTED / 1891", with G.A.R. seal.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Textile
Ribbon - Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Joseph C. Chapman (1843-1920) of Windsor, NH, member of Company G, 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, during Civil War.
- People:
- Chapman, Joseph C. (1843-1920)
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