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Fri, Apr 24, 2026 09:00AM EDT
Lot 296

[POLITICS] Rare U.S. Grant Mourning Pin

Estimate: $250 - $500

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Albumen portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. Circa 1885. House in brass frame straight pin and black cotton mourning ribbon. Visible diam. approx. 13 mm. 

 

A fine miniature portrait of Grant mounted as a mourning ribbon. The view is one originally taken during the Civil War, with Grant wearing his Major General's uniform. 

 

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Mourning Funeralia]

Condition

Frame and ribbon are later replacements

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