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  1. #1

    Apr 2007
    Evansville
    Whites XLT
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    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Found in Southwest tip of Indiana..............



    Went to cut my daughter's yard today, old part of evansville on north east side in old manufacturing area, across the street there is construction under way, I see an old friend Don Claspell, hunting and he sayes "you should follow behind me, your detector goes deeper" well , after I cut the yard I followed through with my XLT, a few wheats and THIS, this medallion,(it has no holes, or loops for a chain) says "Grand Army of the Republic" with dates 1861-1866 , post Cival War era, medal issued to union army veterans of cival war, these medallions were cast from melted bronze from confederate cannons.
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  2. #2

    May 2007
    28

    Hey Fred, that is a real clean example of a GAR badge. Not CW era but probably

    from a few years after. I found one just like it in a park in Ohio. The GAR is the veterans organization of CW Union soldiers. Remember that design because you might find a button or pin with the same guys on it in the future. Congratulations,
    Neal

 

 

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