About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0049
  • TitleCommander's badge
  • SummaryView 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--?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 ; Grand Army of the Republic ; Medals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) --History --Civil War, 1861-1865
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Clubs: Grand Army of the Republic