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Offered here is a substantial estate collection of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) memorabilia and closely related Union veterans organization material assembled over many years.
The collection contains a wide assortment of original-period badges, medals, ribbons, reunion pieces, encampment pieces, representative/delegate badges, veteran association items, auxiliary organization material and GAR uniform buttons.
There is a particularly strong concentration of New Jersey material along with National Encampment and Washington, D.C. pieces.
Highlights visible within the collection include material relating to:
- Grand Army of the Republic / GAR
- National GAR Encampments
- Washington, D.C. 1892 National Encampment
- New Jersey GAR Department and Encampment material
- Lincoln Post No. 4, Newark, New Jersey
- Kearny\'s First New Jersey Brigade
- Antietam reunion material
- 3rd Corps and 6th Corps
- Representative and Delegate badges
- GAR Post and Department ribbons
- New Jersey Veterans Association
- New Hampshire GAR
- Illinois GAR
- California/Nevada Department
- Veteran reunion ribbons
- Women\'s Relief Corps / associated auxiliary material
- GAR membership badges
- GAR uniform buttons
- Additional Civil War veterans organization and reunion pieces
The collection spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries and includes pieces from numerous posts, departments, reunions and national gatherings.
Some of the more visually impressive pieces include large GAR Representative badges with eagle hangers, portrait badges, multi-piece medals, National Encampment ribbons, early veterans reunion ribbons and a sizable grouping of GAR uniform buttons.
