Grand Army of the Republic South Bend Seventeenth Encampment Commemorative Medal

Location United States
Year 1896
Type Commemorative medal
Composition
Weight
Diameter 35 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Smooth
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description Bust of Schuyler Colfax with name above.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering SCHUYLER COLFAX
Reverse description Text describing commemorated event: the South Bend, Indiana chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (an organization of Union veterans of the Civil War) had its seventeenth annual meeting from May 13-14, 1896.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT DEPARTMENT INDIANA G.A.R. SOUTH BEND MAY 13-14 1896 J.K. DAVIDSON. PHILA.
Mintage
Numisquare ID 4431631360
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