Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Historical Artifacts
Commemorative G.A.R. Medal and ribbon
Object Number:
1918.348
Date:
1918
Medium:
metal and fabric
Dimensions:
6 x 2 1/4 inches
Description:
four medals: top medal: eagle with wings spread perched on crossed canons, verso: metal clasp; 2nd from top: GAR REPRESENTATIVE with American flag and laurels; 3rd from top: silver medal with landscape scene banners with text: MOUNT HOOD, PORTLAND, 1918; bottom medal: 3/4 portrait of ORLANDO A. SOMERS, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, verso: 52nd NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT G.A.R. AUG. 1918, PORTLAND, ORE., laurel attached to yellow ribbon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
