Object Details
- associated institution
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Description
- Physical Description
- Metal button.
- Specific History
- Badge from the Pennsylvania GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) veterans group’s semiannual encampment on the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
- General History
- Grand Army of the Republic encampments were popular events organized by various posts of former Union soldiers. These events were held on a regular basis and various ribbons and emblems were distributed.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1883
- ID Number
- AF.58263M
- catalog number
- 58263M
- accession number
- 210127
- Object Name
- badge
- Physical Description
- cloth (suspension ribbon material)
- metal (pendant material)
- associated place
- United States: Pennsylvania
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Record ID
- nmah_420395
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-8dfc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
