Collection Highlights
Swing Low: A Harriet Tubman memorial
2007
2009.34
Cast bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Insignia
Object name
Insignia
Date
1860-1890
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
2 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Description
A gold metal military insignia cap pin in the shape of two elaborately detailed and decorated crossed sabres with closed loop pommels under the numbers "7-1", with two small stickpins on the reverse. Probably a Civil War era (or slightly later) Union cavalry hat insignia.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.4396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
