Interesting Ca. 1910 GAR & USWV Ladies' Auxiliaries Honorary Member Badge Winchester Post No. 147

Interesting circa 1910 GAR & USWV Ladies' Auxiliaries Honorary Member badge for Winchester Post #197, New York, GAR by Whitehead & Hoag Co., New Jersey. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) is a fraternal organization for the Union veterans of the Civil War and the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) is the fraternal organization for veterans of the Spanish-American War. The planchet is suspended from a red, white, and blue ribbon and brass ring and shows a pair of hands shaking in the center, and surrounding it reads: "HONORARY MEMBER WINCHESTER POST No. 197 DEP. N.Y. G.A.R. 1861 - 65 1898" in red, white, and blue enamel detail. The brass pin bar reads: "F.C.&L. - F.P.&H." in embossed lettersÉF.C.&L. stands for "Faith, Charity, and Love" and F.P.&H. stands for "Freedom, Patriotism, and Humanity".

Circa 1910

Approximately 2-1/8" x 1-3/8"; Planchet: 15/16" in diameter

Plated brass, enamel, silk ribbon

Horizontal pin with 'C' type catch

"WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. NEWARK, N.J."

This is from a Veterans collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. ebay VAJX03 LFJX1/16

7 (Very Fine): The honorary badge shows moderate wear and soiling, much of the plating and enamel details remain intact, overall very fine condition.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.