I thought it was a toy badge!

[jljkansas]

I finally got out for about an hour last week at a spot across the street from my favorite old library, found my first oriental coin and this medallion that I thought was a toy badge. I finally got it out of my pouch this weekend and man what a pleasant surprise.

 

[EdUK]

Looks like a great find - what does the writing say ?

 

[Macaco]

I looked up "Grand Army of The Republic" and found this Wikipedia page:

Grand Army of The Republic Wikipedia

Here's a link to a page where one of the badges is for sale. Scroll down to see it:

Civil War Relics And Antiquities

Nice find! That's a keeper for sure.

 

[jljkansas]

Grand Army of the Republic
Veteran
1861 - 1866

 

[jljkansas]

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[bottlebum]

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