United Confederate Veterans 44th National Reunion Medal / SOLD
Medal commemorating the 44th National Reunion of the united Confederate Veterans. It consists of a decorated brass pin marked “Souvenir” with a silk ribbon of red, white, and blue sewn to it. Suspended from the ribbon is a gilded brass medallion with the bust of Robert E. Lee on the face and “44th Natl. Reunion United Confederate Veterans/June 6-8 1934/Gen. R.E. Lee/ Chattanooga, Tenn.” The reverse depicts the Confederate battle flag surrounded by the First National Flag and the Third National Flag. The medallion is 1 3/8 inches in diameter and the ribbon measures 4 inches in total length.
The United Confederate Veterans (UCV, or simply Confederate Veterans) was an American Civil War veterans' organization headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was organized on June 10, 1889, by ex-soldiers and sailors of the Confederate States as a merger between the Louisiana Division of the Veteran Confederate States Cavalry Association; N. B. Forrest Camp of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Tennessee Division of the Veteran Confederate States Cavalry Association; Tennessee Division of Association of Confederate Soldiers; Benevolent Association of Confederate Veterans of Shreveport, Louisiana; Confederate Association of Iberville Parish, Louisiana; Eighteenth Louisiana; Adams County (Mississippi) Veterans' Association; Louisiana Division of the Army of Tennessee; and Louisiana Division of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Union equivalent of the UCV was the Grand Army of the Republic.
Comes housed in a 6 x 8 inch display case with blue velvet backing and descriptive card.