National Union League Badge
National Union League badge. Ap1,2proximately 1” by 1 1/16” engraved silver badge with T-bar attached to reverse. Engraved: "National / Union / League." Stamped with eagle grasping American flags. Union Leagues first appeared in 1863 with significant organizations in Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago. They combatted anti-war and anti-Black Copperheads in the North and engaged in fundraising for organizations such as the United States Sanitary Commission. After 1865, Union Leagues proliferated in the South as a Radical Republican organization advocating for the rights of freedmen. A great piece of Civil War political memorabilia.
Comes housed in a 6 x 8 inch display case with black velvet backing and descriptive card.
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