Grand Army of the Republic South Bend Seventeenth Encampment Commemorative Medal
Grand Army of the Republic South Bend Seventeenth Encampment Commemorative Medal
€315,941.00
Location
United
States
Year
1896
Type
Commemorative medals/Event 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 lettering
SCHUYLER COLFAX
Obverse script
Latin
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 lettering
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL
ENCAMPMENT
DEPARTMENT INDIANA
G.A.R.
SOUTH BEND
MAY 13-14
1896
J.K. DAVIDSON. PHILA.
