United States. A Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War Membership Badge, C.1900 Archive His commander was Lieutenant Lynch

His commander was Lieutenant Lynch Mayden

Leipzig - Silvered bronze with red

1883 in Victoria

27 mm x 16

United States. A Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War Membership Badge, C.1900 Archive His commander was Lieutenant LynchA badge constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse presents the intertwined initials SUV, surrounded by the official motto GRATIA DEI SERVATUS, with the year MDCCCLXXXI (1881), circumscribed by a laurel wreath, with cannons crossing behind, with an eagle perched atop, the reverse presents the Sons of Veterans Coat of Arms and the patent date Nov 20, 1888, measuring 30. 49 mm (w) x 36. 32 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original ribbon,