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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 169904, member: 44"]Good find, Spring! After seeing your reply, I searched around. I now think that is not SD on the hat, but "SV" for the GAR's Sons of Veterans. Look at the hat on the following page.</p><p>3rd pic down:</p><p><a href="http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39038-sons-of-veterans/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39038-sons-of-veterans/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39038-sons-of-veterans/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The GAR's Sons of Veterans name was changed to Sons of Union Veterans in 1922. At that time a U was added in the middle of the emblem.</p><p>Scroll down to the bottom of the page to "1922"</p><p><a href="http://www.suvcw.org/history.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.suvcw.org/history.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.suvcw.org/history.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 169904, member: 44"]Good find, Spring! After seeing your reply, I searched around. I now think that is not SD on the hat, but "SV" for the GAR's Sons of Veterans. Look at the hat on the following page. 3rd pic down: [URL]http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39038-sons-of-veterans/[/URL] The GAR's Sons of Veterans name was changed to Sons of Union Veterans in 1922. At that time a U was added in the middle of the emblem. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to "1922" [URL]http://www.suvcw.org/history.htm[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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