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<p>[QUOTE="BaseballGames, post: 808138, member: 7826"]Looks like these were one of about forty varieties of badges made to be awarded, distributed, and mainly, sold to supporters and attendees as souvenirs of the thirty-fifth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Cleveland in September 1901:</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/thirtyfifthnatio00clev/page/18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/thirtyfifthnatio00clev/page/18" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/thirtyfifthnatio00clev/page/18</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It cost the organizing committee $225. to have 1,350 "Sons of Veterans" badges made. Can't say what one's market value is today, but there are sales of related items on Worthpoint<b>:</b></p><p><a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1901-nat-encampment-medal-cleveland-130027187" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1901-nat-encampment-medal-cleveland-130027187" rel="nofollow">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1901-nat-encampment-medal-cleveland-130027187</a></p><p><a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1903-california-gar-nat-encampment-172492092" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1903-california-gar-nat-encampment-172492092" rel="nofollow">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1903-california-gar-nat-encampment-172492092</a></p><p><br /></p><p>... and sales and offerings here, whatever this is<b>:</b></p><p><a href="https://picclick.com/Finest-Civil-War-Gar-Medal-35Th-National-Encampment-382757978922.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picclick.com/Finest-Civil-War-Gar-Medal-35Th-National-Encampment-382757978922.html" rel="nofollow">https://picclick.com/Finest-Civil-War-Gar-Medal-35Th-National-Encampment-382757978922.html</a></p><p><a href="https://picclick.com/1901-Gar-Gar-National-Encampment-Committee-Badges-223530498742.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picclick.com/1901-Gar-Gar-National-Encampment-Committee-Badges-223530498742.html" rel="nofollow">https://picclick.com/1901-Gar-Gar-National-Encampment-Committee-Badges-223530498742.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>... and offerings on eBay<b>:</b></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-GAR-G-A-R-NATIONAL-ENCAMPMENT-ARMY-N-U-R-S-E-BADGE-CLEVELAND-OH-/323817856922" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-GAR-G-A-R-NATIONAL-ENCAMPMENT-ARMY-N-U-R-S-E-BADGE-CLEVELAND-OH-/323817856922" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-GAR-G-A-R-NATIONAL-ENCAMPMENT-ARMY-N-U-R-S-E-BADGE-CLEVELAND-OH-/323817856922</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-GAR-Medal-Badge-Grand-Army-Veteran/153423329224" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-GAR-Medal-Badge-Grand-Army-Veteran/153423329224" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-GAR-Medal-Badge-Grand-Army-Veteran/153423329224</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps get you started...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>ETA<b>:</b></i> ninja'd three times in five minutes...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BaseballGames, post: 808138, member: 7826"]Looks like these were one of about forty varieties of badges made to be awarded, distributed, and mainly, sold to supporters and attendees as souvenirs of the thirty-fifth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Cleveland in September 1901: [URL]https://archive.org/details/thirtyfifthnatio00clev/page/18[/URL] It cost the organizing committee $225. to have 1,350 "Sons of Veterans" badges made. Can't say what one's market value is today, but there are sales of related items on Worthpoint[B]:[/B] [URL]https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1901-nat-encampment-medal-cleveland-130027187[/URL] [URL]https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1903-california-gar-nat-encampment-172492092[/URL] ... and sales and offerings here, whatever this is[B]:[/B] [URL]https://picclick.com/Finest-Civil-War-Gar-Medal-35Th-National-Encampment-382757978922.html[/URL] [URL]https://picclick.com/1901-Gar-Gar-National-Encampment-Committee-Badges-223530498742.html[/URL] ... and offerings on eBay[B]:[/B] [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-GAR-G-A-R-NATIONAL-ENCAMPMENT-ARMY-N-U-R-S-E-BADGE-CLEVELAND-OH-/323817856922[/URL] [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-GAR-Medal-Badge-Grand-Army-Veteran/153423329224[/URL] Hope that helps get you started... [I]ETA[B]:[/B][/I] ninja'd three times in five minutes...[/QUOTE]
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