G.A.R. Medallion

[Giant056]

I found this medallion a couple days ago at a torn down house site and I'm wondering if maybe there's someone on the forum who can give me and idea of when it was actually made. I've tried doing a google search to I.D. the serial number the serial number is "A 8 39"

 

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[creskol]

You may want to contact the folks at the:

GAR Museum
4278 Griscom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Phone 215 289-6484

Perhaps they have an email to which you can send your photos, and somebody there can help.

Good Luck!

 

[daroofa]

GAR Membership Badge. According to this random person on the internet - "The letter at the start of the number is the surname initial of the commander-in-chief of the GAR at the time the badge was made..."

http://www.omsa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4637

If this is the case then yours would fall somewhere between Alger (1889) and Adams (1893).

http://www.civilwarhome.com/grandarmyofrepublic.htm