Medal, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Medal, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2017.037.01
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- circa 1886
- Description:
- Pinback medal and ribbon, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Bronze five-pointed star medallion suspended from vertical American flag ribbon, which is attached to bronze bar pin. Medallion has laurel wreath around perimeter and image of soldiers and children in center; text around center: "LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC / 1886". Pin has letters "F. C. L." in rectangle.
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-2.5 W-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Adeline E. (Gray) Brown Bonner (1887-1946) of Concord, NH, a member of the Department of New Hampshire, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and then by her daughter, Frances L. Brown (1916-2005) of Concord.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sharon Gordon
- Subjects:
- Civil War, Grand Army of the Republic, Laurel wreath
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