Button pin, G.A.R. Delegate

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Homestead Museum

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Button pin, G.A.R. Delegate

Entry/Object ID

2014.171.1.1

Description

Button pin, G.A.R. Delegate, Los Angeles, ca. 1896. Round button with pin on reverse, white face and black text, "G.A.R. Delegate / Los Angeles." Abbreviation for Grand Army of the Republic. Attached to pin is a ribbon with the US flag design. Button patent by The Whitehead and Hoag Co., Newark, 14 April 1896. In good conditon, minor fraying of ribbon, surface scratches to pin face.

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Pin