Commander's badge

Commander's badge
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Title: Commander's badge
Description:

View of a star-shaped medal with inscription, "Grand Army of the Republic Veteran, 1861-1865," hanging by a two five-link chains from a rectangular frame containing an eagle with outspread wings, and the head of Ulysses S.Grant hanging by a small chain from the rectangle. Inscription on verso:"Commander's badge presented by Ludwig Nissen." The image is not dated.

Date: [18--?]
Location: New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from inscription on verso.
Collection: Clubs
Subject: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Medals
Veterans
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: CLUB 0049