Button and ribbon of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion
date: label: date made
content: ca 1888
name: label: wearer
content: Sherman, William Tecumseh
notes: label: Description
content: Button and ribbon of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, a fraternal organization for veterans who served as officers in the Union Army during the American Civil War, presented to William Tecumseh Sherman after he retired from the US Army. The cloth neck ribbon and rosette are made of red and blue ribbon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War memorialization
label: Subject
content: Veterans
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: William Tecumseh Sherman
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.15952
label: catalog number
content: 15952
label: accession number
content: 59388
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
label: Object Name
content: neck ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (pendant material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, bag: 5 in x 4 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 11.43 cm x .635 cm