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"Gen. U.S. Grant Commandery No. 28 K.G.E." Red cloth ribbon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.071 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Ephemera Date: 1892 Pagination: Order a Copy

"Gen. U.S. Grant Commandery No. 28 K.G.E." Red cloth ribbon with gold lettering. Mounting inscribed: Knights of the Golden Eagle. Philada. 1892."

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