Beschreibung:

Lot of 12, including a rare ribbon from the Fourth Annual Reunion of Andersonville Survivors, April 19, 1877; a two-piece medal comprised of an eagle, knapsack, and crossed rifles pinback with a hanger featuring a dog attacking a soldier and the motto Death Before Dishonor, plus a second hanger; ribbons from the 24th (1896, St. Paul) and 32nd (1904, Boston) Annual Encampment of the National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War, both featuring the Death Before Dishonor motif along with Andersonville 1864; a cello button from the 27th Annual Convention (1899, Philadelphia); a ribbon and pinback-ribbon combo from the 1906 and 1909 reunions of the Western Massachusetts Union Ex-Prisoners of War, both with the Andersonville motif; a Massachusetts POW survivor's ribbon with bars from Lynchburg and Belle Isle; plus ribbons from the 1881 and 1887 reunions of the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers and a ribbon from the 1904 reunion of the 125th New York Volunteer Infantry. Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co. Condition: Most with light soiling, minor fraying, and light folds.