Collection Highlights
The True Issue or "That's What's the Matter"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.35
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Insignia (10 pieces)
Object Number:
Z.2971a-j
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Textile, metal
Dimensions:
Each (disks): 1 7/8 x 3/4 in. (4.8 x 1.9 cm)
Each (rectangular patches): 4 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in. (10.2 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm)
Description:
Collection of miscellaneous military insignia, most made of textile with gold or silver embroidery; four rectangular patches, two with black velvet centers and a pair of embroidered bars at either end, and two with blue velvet centers and a pair of embroidered bars at either end; four domed disks, two with "28" embroidered on blue ground, and two with "28" embroidered on green ground; two brass numbers, "2" and "5."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
