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885. George B. McClellan Presidential Campaign of 1864 Medal(HOLED), PORTRAIT CARD, ENVELOPE

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885. George B. McClellan Presidential Campaign of 1864 Medal(HOLED), PORTRAIT CARD, ENVELOPE
885. George B. McClellan Presidential Campaign of 1864 Medal(HOLED),COPPER ALLOY, OLD BLACK AND WHITE CIVIL WAR ERA GEN. MCLELLAN PORTRAIT PRINT CDV CARD,UNUSED McCLELLAN Union Patriotic Covers,ENVELOPE PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY D. MURPHY'S SON, 65 FULTON & 372 PEARL STREETS, NEW-YORK.


George B. McClellan Medal

Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer, and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including campaign badges.

Obverse: Bust of George B. McClellan facing forward. Legend reads, MAJ. GEN. GEO. B. McCLELLAN, U.S.A.

Reverse: Eagle with a ribbon that reads “E Pluribus Unum” perched on the shield of the United States with the American flag is draped across a spear. The legend reads: MY COUNTRY I AM SWORN TO DEFEND.