Badge is made of blue velvet with a twisted gold wire border with a circle at center made of gold bullion thread. The reverse shows hand stitching and has a sky-blue cloth backing. Badge meas. approx. 2.00 x 2.00 inches.

The arrangement is odd and may be for a staff officer who had service in both the 2^nd and the 1^st Corps. After Gettysburg when the 1^st and 3^rd Corps were disbanded units sent to other Corps would wear a 1^st or 3^rd Corps badge incorporated into the badge of the new Corps they were assigned to. For instance, it is known that some members of the Iron Brigade who served in the Wilderness with the 5^th Corps wore 1^st Corps circle in the center of a 5^th Corps Maltese cross.

The condition of this item is excellent.

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