Badge is surmounted by a large spread-winged eagle over crossed cannons and artillery shells. Reverse has the original pin. Suspended from this top piece is a gold silk ribbon approx. 5.00 inches long.

The top bar has several drops. The first is of brass and is very colorful with a full color US flag above a laurel wreath with a red, white and blue “GAR.” Across the bottom of the drop is riband with “REPRESENTATIVE” in black enamel.

The second drop is of white metal and shows a scene of Mount Hood with a riband at bottom that reads “MOUNT HOOD PORTLAND 1918.”

The final drop is a bronze circular disc with a bust of Orlando A. Somers, Commander –in-Chief of the GAR. During the war Somers served as a Private with the 8^th Indiana Cavalry and was engaged at Shiloh, Stones River and Chickamauga. Reverse has “52^ND NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT GAR AUG. 1918 PORTLAND, ORE.”

Ribbon has some light surface dirt but the rest is excellent.  [ad]

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