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Lot 544
[CIVIL WAR]. Framed hardtack with tri-color ribbon, dated 1862-1863.
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$300 - 400
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$875
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Framed hardtack with tri-color ribbon, dated 1862-1863.

3 x 3 in. hardtack mounted diagonally  (some losses at surface and corners) with 1 1/2 x 1 in. tricolor ribbon (minor fading/discoloration); mounted to ivory silk inscribed "1862-63" (a few splits, top edge threadbare). In near-contemporary, possibly original, shadowbox-style wood frame 8 9/16 x 8 9/16 in. (not examined out of frame). 

A tag on the frame notes that the item was "bought from estate sale in Media, PA" and attributes the hardtack to Jesse Darlington of the 124th Pennsylvania Infantry. 

The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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