Seal press, George Shiffler Council, No. 177, O of IA, Order of Independent Americans. Part of the Nativists' Movement. Anti-tax and Anti-immigration.
George Shiffler, a young Nativist, was fatally shot at the Nativist Riots of 1844 in Philadelphia during which mobs attacked Irish-American and Roman Catholic homes and businesses.
Black painted wood cane with cast metal handle and metal ferrule tip, handle marked, "Grand Army of the Republic, 1861 Veteran 1865" on both sides. Includes emblems of branches of service, eagle, and flag.
