A group of veteran ribbons and ephemera related to veteran and ex-prisoner of war, George W. Grant. Items include:
1. Small portrait of Grant affixed to yellow ribbon with gilt "ILLINOIS" blue ribbon and faux flower.
2. Metal chain with a note reading: "This chain was made in Libby Prison to Geo. W. Grant by the man who made it while both were confined there during Civil War."
3. Women's Relief Corps two-piece badge with tri-color ribbon 1886.
4. Minnesota G.A.R. Two-piece copper badge with red ribbon. 1889. Verso reads "Department Badge / Adopted 1889 / Made of Minnesota Copper".
5. Pendant & chain. Pendant reads: "George W. / Grant / 7-17-18 / 9-11-96 / U.S.N.R.F" with a fingerprint to verso.
6. Metal pin reading "G.W. Grant".
7. Three (3) Union Ex-Presioners of War. 22d Annual Reunion. Printed ribbons.
8. Union Ex-Prisoners of War. Shield-shaped brass badge. Louisville, Kentucky, 1895. Affixed to 29th National Encampment G.A.R. Silver gilt-printed navy and grey ribbon. Louisiville, Kentucky, 1895.
9. Andersonville 1864 / Death Before Dishonor. Celluloid badge. Affixed to Union Ex-Priosners of War As'n of Western Mass. Silver gilt-printed yellow ribbon. Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1911.
10. Three (3) 20th-century snapshots, one showing a military ship, and another with an airplane on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
11. Metal jaw harp.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [Veterans, Veterans’ Organizations, Fraternal Organizations] [GAR, Grand Army of the Republic]