G.A.R. Medal

[unitas]

Yesterday while hunting Indian artifacts I came upon an old bottle dump.
I've looked through it in the past but after not visiting it in a while I decided
to eyeball it. I spotted this medal right away, gave it a quick rinse in a puddle
and was quite surprised.



It reads "29th Encamp't dep't Indiana"
'Kokomo Indiana"
"Grand Army of the Republic"
"1861-Veteran-1866"
"1908"
Does anyone have info. on an item like this. It has great historic value and is
certainly a great find. Any help would be appreciated., Thanks for looking, Unitas

 

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[HolyDiver]

Nice piece of history.

 

[myfantasia1]

I really like that. Do you hunt in all metal mode. (I know this one was done with your eyes) And how do you guys clean these old pieces of metal.

 

[Likely Guy]

Nice find! The 29th Encampment of the Indiana G.A.R. took place in Kokomo between the 19th and 21st of May, 1908. A medal like that sold on eBay 2 years ago. Here's a link.

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1908-gar-medal-29th-encampment-kokomo-indiana

But you have to register to see the price data.

Let us know.

 

[John (Ma)]

Pretty cool looking find.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Very nice find

 

[Argentium]

That's a very nice find indeed ! probably worth a few shekels too . Argentium.

 

[Jack(IN)]

Man thats a nice medal!! Very nice find!!

 

[LabradorBob (Missouri)]

Found this in the edge of oklahoma,just outside kansas,it was for Lyman U> Humphrey.
He was the eleventh gov for the state of Kansas also served in the war.
I have no idea if they are worth anything,but is very sentimental to me!

 

[postalgriff]

great find, I found this one in Jackson, MI. one of very few finds I have that I can tie to the civil war so sentimental to me too. HH

 

[John987]

Very Nice Eyeball Find!!
congratulations!!

John

 

[TommNJ]

Excellent Find, I like the detail.

TommNJ