Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.3054
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 13 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon printed in blue and red; depicts shield with stars and stripes surmounted by eagle with American flag and banderole in his beak inscribed "E PLURIBUS UNUM"; inscription "UNION/MUST/ AND SHALL BE/PRESERVED".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
