70 Finds a 1902 GAR Badge

[John61boy]

Found this Sunday, around a church that was built in 1905.
The outer ring says; 36TH National Encampment Washington Oct. 6-10 1902
The inner ring says Grand Army Of The Republic 1861- Veteran-1866
The holes that you can see on the edge of the badge had a one ring link that attached to another metal piece that said Souvenir on it.
My greatest find to date with my X70

 

[Old Sox]

Awesome find!!!

 

[tsgman]

Wow great find and congratulations!

 

[nero_design]

That's a real nice find you got there. Congratulations on your discovery.
Quite a conversation-piece too! Bravo!

 

[BarnacleBill]

n/t

 

[xlting]

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[jspeedy]

Great find from a great machine

 

[Elton]

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[RonNH]

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[Silverbackbob]

what did that read on the meter? I'm still trying to locate an 1888 encampment here that had 800 tents setup for the ex soldiers. I'd die and go to Heaven happy if I dug something like that there. Thanks for sharing. Good luck and HH. Bob.

 

[robert roy]

Now THAT is a very nice find.
RR

 

[Beale]

What a fantasatic find! In awesome shape also, congrats, Beale.