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1865
[Mourning ribbon]
Silk mourning ribbon for president Lincoln. Has a portrait of Lincoln in rondel surmounted by eagle. Below the portrait it reads "The late lamented president Lincoln."
GLC08500.03
1863 [?]
Franklin Pierce Indian peace medal by S. Ellis and J. Wellson
7.5 cm in diameter.
GLC08619
circa 1864
[Election of 1864 Abraham Lincoln campaign shield]
Heraldic gold shield with photograph of Abraham Lincoln in center. With loop at top for hanging.
GLC08684
Magniadas, Franky, fl. 1865
[Medal struck in France to honor Abraham Lincoln]
Profile of head of Lincoln with "Dedie par la Democratie Francaise a Lincoln President deux fois elu des Etats-Unis." The reverse shows Lincoln's grave with a winged angel and two African Americans honoring him.
GLC08763
20 July 1865
Ordway, K.G., fl. 1855-1865
[Congressional mourning ribbon]
Black ribbon with gold trim and fringes. There is a white rosette sewn on to the top with a gold sequence star and two sequence stars on the black part of the ribbon directle below the rosette. The entire ribbon is covered in black transparent silk...
GLC01423.01
[James Sanks Brisbin's epaulets]
Consists of two gold colored brass epaulets. Each epaulet contains (on the epaulet's top) a brass button and an eagle embroidered with silver thread. Measurements reflect epaulet as positioned on a shoulder (width is measured from inner shoulder)....
GLC01504.03
1860
Clark & Company, fl. 1860
Liberty $5 coin: Pike's Peak gold. Denver. Five D. [by Clark & Co.]
Gold coin, collateral to Lincoln letter ending private coinage, GLC 1989. This coin comes from the last series minted privately at Denver by [Gruber] Clark & Co.
GLC01989.02
9 April 1865
[Appomattox ink well]
Small, ceramic, bell-shaped, brown bottle, glazed, with cork. Label affixed to the bottom, inscribed by Hempstead Washburne: "This is the ink bottle used in signing the Treaty [underscored] at Appomattox by Gen. Lee & Gen. Grant. It was presented...
GLC02084.02
15 April 1865
Silk ribbon mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln with bold black print that appears above and below a portrait of Lincoln. The print above the portrait reads "we mourn" below the portrait, "a father slain".
GLC00738
White silk mourning ribbon with printed shield and small metal frame containing Lincoln photograph. Printed photograph measures 2.5 x 2 cm.
GLC00739
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