GAR badge. 5 points of star each label a branch of civil war service, and the seal features lady liberty with 2 union veterans and 2 children. Congress paid for these by using metal from captured cannons and passed a law allowing them to be worn on the uniforms.
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.
Seal with original black and gold decoration from the Major E. B. Eckman Camp 97, Department of PA, United Spanish American War Veterans. Patented July 19, 1920. Made by "Lamb Seal & Stencil, Co., ...St. NW, Washington, D.C.
a. New York University music pin with G-clef in center.Burnished gold color with uneven edge. Hinged pin and clasp on back.
b. Gold metal Shriner Crescent Saber pin with Eygptian head at top of a crescent moon whose horns have a saber between them. 6 tiny pearls on saber. Hinged pin and clasp on back as well as what looks like an engraved "B."
c. Weber Goldsmith and Silversmith jewelry box. Outside covered in pearl-colored shiny paper with gold edging around top. Gold crest on top says "Established in 1872." Impressed onto the box bottom: " Boxes by/ Dennison/ U.S.A." Inside, the bottom is covered with pale yellow velvet. The top, with pale gold satin is stamped with same crest in red. Below: "Weber/ Goldsmith & Silversmith/ 40-42 No. Queen St./ Lancaster, Penna."
