This two-piece badge consists of a top bar in the shape of a riband with a spread-winged eagle perched above it. Raised lettering on the riband reads “FIRST IRON BRIGADE.”

Suspended from the top bar is a six-armed cross with a red enamel 1^st Division, 1^st Corps badge at center. Each of the six arms radiating out from the center badge list one of the regiments in the brigade. They are:

2^nd BERDAN’S

14^TH BROOKLYN

24^TH NEW YORK

2^ND NEW YORK CAVALRY

30^TH NEW YORK

22^ND NEW YORK

Reverse has the original pin and is maker marked “BRAXMAR CO. N.Y.”

The Eastern Iron Brigade, also known as the Iron Brigade of the East and First Iron Brigade served in the Army of the Potomac and is not as well-known as THE Iron Brigade made up of Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan units. For much of its service, the First Iron Brigade was designated as the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps until after Fredericksburg when it was disbanded. Among its commanding officers were General John P. Hatch and General Walter Phelps Jr. Noted for its reliability in battle, the brigade developed a reputation which remained after it was disbanded due to its annihilation from extremely high casualties. [ad] [ph:L]

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