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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 169902, member: 44&quot;]Pat, GAR was one of my thoughts also as the wreath was used by them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 169859, member: 44&quot; Now the wreath emblem was used on GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) hats at their reunions. This man certainly doesn&#039;t appear to be an officer and certainly not old enough to be a CW veteran.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>I just didn&#039;t think he looked old enough to have been a Civil War vet in the late 1880s. He would have had to be in his 50s or pushing it. Do y&#039;all think he is in his 50s? Anyways good find on a bell medal for the GAR! Found that a bell medal was given out at the 1899 GAR National Reunion which was held in Philadelphia. It doesn&#039;t look identical to this one, but is a good start. It seems each state had different GAR medals for their members.</p><p><a href="http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/147416-first-appearance-of-gar-official-souvenirs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/147416-first-appearance-of-gar-official-souvenirs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/147416-first-appearance-of-gar-official-souvenirs/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Believe the pics of that hat on Pinterest came from this site. A good 1/2 way down the page,</p><p><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/civilwarantiques/111012webcat.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/civilwarantiques/111012webcat.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/civilwarantiques/111012webcat.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, South Dakota GAR post no. 27 is in Plankinton, SD called John A. Rawlins Post No. 27.</p><p><a href="http://www.suvcw.org/garrecords/garposts/sd.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.suvcw.org/garrecords/garposts/sd.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.suvcw.org/garrecords/garposts/sd.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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