United States. Two American Civil War Awards
Includes:
1. West Virginia Civil War Service Honorably Discharged Medal 1861-1865: in bronze, maker marked "A. DEMAREST N.Y." on the reverse, measuring 37.2 mm (w) x 45.5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, suspended from a 40.5 mm (w) x 22.7 mm (h) hanger with pinback, the hanger inscribed "HONORABLY DISCHARGED" over an interlocking "W and V" (West Virginia), edge nicks, original ribbon,
2. Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Medal 1866: in red bronze, patent marked "PAT. NOV. 15. 87." on the reverse, measuring 40.5 mm (w) x 38.8 mm (h), light contact and spotting, original U.S. Flag style ribbon suspended from a hanger with pinback, the hanger inscribed "SECRETARY".
Together, better than very fine.
Footnotes:
1. There were 22,098 West Virginia Civil War Service Honorably Discharged Medals produced.
2. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was organized in 1866 as Union veterans of the Civil War. Mostly men, there were two known females admitted, Kady Brownell who served in the Union Army with her husband and Sarah Emma Edmonds, who served in the 2nd Michigan Infantry as a disguised man named Franklin. Both served bravely and were buried with military honors. In 1881, the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic was established to help the aging veterans and to aid their widows and orphans. The group went national in 1886 and remains the oldest women’s hereditary organization in the United States, continuing to support veterans rights