Official limited edition Civil War Gettysburg Masonic sculpture by the famed military sculptor Ron Tunison, titled, “Friend to Friend ; a Brotherhood Undivided”. This sculpture was produced in three district limited editions, each mounted on a mahogany wood base. The three editions were: bronzed porcelain edition (9500); fine pewter edition (5,000) and gold plated pewter edition (1,000).

This is the bronzed porcelain edition, with a number of 1562/9500. This sculpture is in excellent and measures 8 3/4" x 6" at the base and has a height of approximately 8 ½".  Name plate reads, “Friend to Friend / a Brotherhood Undivided / MASONIC MEMORIAL MONUMENT / GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK / BY Ron Tunison / 1341/9500”. Tag attached to the underside of the base reads, ““Friend to Friend / a Brotherhood Undivided / Gettysburg Masonic Memorial Monument / MADE IN THE U.S.A. / Copyright 1993 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania”.

Ron Tunison (1947 – 2013) was born in Richmond Hill, N.Y., and was a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He was a scholarship student at the NYC National Academy where he continued his sculpting studies. He went on to become an internationally acclaimed sculptor of nine heroic bronze monuments: "General W. Crawford," near Little Round Top on the Gettysburg Battlefield, the “Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial" on Steinwehr Ave., the bas-relief "Delaware State Memorial" on Taneytown Road, and "The Gettysburg Civil War Women's Memorial" at Evergreen Cemetery. On the Antietam National Battlefield is Tunison's "Irish Brigade Monument." "The Bivouac" is at the entrance to the Civil War Soldier's Museum at Pamplin Historical Park near Petersburg, Va. "The Delaware Continentals" heroic size bronze of three advancing Revolutionary War soldiers stands atop a twenty-five foot granite pedestal in front of Legislative Hall at Dover, Delaware. At Ringgold Gap in Atlanta, Ga., is Ron's life-size General Patrick Cleburne. Dedication ceremonies for “General John Barry, U.S. Naval Commander”, took place May 10th, 2014 at U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.  Ron was the entrepreneur behind his own company Historical Sculptures, where he sculpted smaller statues.   [ld]

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