Help ID medals/badges

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  1. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    My cousin is trying to ID these medals, from a photo of her husband's great, great grandfather, John Reese, who served in the Civil War. She wrote: "According to his papers he was held prisoner for a shot time then released in a prisoner exchange.
    He was a member of the GAR and was supposed to have been a member of the 54th PA Infantry.

    The badge with the two horses also looks like it has the Pennsylvania state seal with it
    ."

    I agree with her about the medal with the two horses, but haven't any idea what the other (a watch fob?) is. It seems to have crossed flags at the top, doesn't it?

    Thank you for any help.

    LisaUnidentifiedMedals.jpg
     
  2. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

    Looks like 1 flag, left. Maybe eagle head right?
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Masonic...?
     
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  4. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

    11F5DEF6-0BD2-4ADD-BFA3-2C155593F7E0.jpeg If you enlarge looks like a B or R.
    Maybe GAR?
    I think B.
     
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  5. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    Thank you, Hunting. I think you are correct about the eagle head, so I will redirect my search.
     
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  6. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

    @Aquitaine can you please work your magic? Thank you!
     
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  7. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    I don't see any letters at all. Are you seeing them on the left object?
     
  8. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

    5B71146B-0BED-4189-8ADD-734541FC1677.jpeg
    The left.
    Enlarge this.
    Looks like a B under the eagle.
     
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  9. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    I tried inverting the colors and when I look at the result, what I thought was a flag now looks like a horse head -- with a bent leg below the head. What do you think?
    LisaUnidentifiedMedalsBlue.jpg
     
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  10. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

    Not sure now. Do you see the B? I think it may have numbers bottom right.
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    well, there's horses on the other medal......so why not !
     
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  12. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    @Huntingtreasure, I sure wish I could!!!! Been trying!!! I can enhance the image a bit, but CANNOT pull ANYTHING off of that image!!!!! I don't even see where there might be a "GAR" ANYWHERE!!!!! But, will look again!
     
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  13. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

    Thank you for your efforts!!! :)
     
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  14. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

  15. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    Thank you ALL for your efforts!
     
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    morgen94 Well-Known Member

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  17. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Now, I do see either "BB" or "something B" on the Watch Fob accessory...but NOTHING on the medal on the right....really wish I could have!!:sorry:
    zWatch Fob Accessorieaaa.jpg
     
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  18. Huntingtreasure

    Huntingtreasure Well-Known Member

     
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  19. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    That's great, Aquitaine, thanks. The thing on the left is back to looking like a flag to me, and I see a very faint B, too.
     
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  20. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    I also spent a bit of time looking for that configuration of Civil War Medals, and couldn't come up with that configuration.....I'm sure it's out there.....I just didn't find it.......think it's going to take some serious digging!!! You might try digging into what CW PA records PA has available for you to search!!
     
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