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Washington Related: 1876 "CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE" SILK RIBBON, by B.B. Tilt & Sons, Pa

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Washington Related: 1876   CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE  SILK RIBBON, by B.B. Tilt & Sons, Pa
1876 "CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE" SILK RIBBON, by B.B. Tilt & Sons, Patterson, NJ, Extremely Fine. 10" x 2" framed to 6.5" x 15.5". Sullivan-Fischer GW-33. Large, multicolored faded woven ribbon. With light foxing at the very top and a tiny bit at the point of the bottom. Top and bottom of the ribbon are the same as GW-31, featuring a gray and black portrait of Washington at top, surrounded by blue, pink, and gold framing, with the names of the 13 colonies, and a quote: "These United Colonies Are And Ought To Be Free And Independent States." In the middle is an ornate zigzag banner inscribed: "IN COMMEMORATION OF / THE CENTENNIAL OF / AMERICAN / INDEPENDENCE." Top has an heraldic eagle and banner; bottom has a shield, "E Pluribus Unum," and laurel and oak branches. Ex-Dusterberg Sale, #148.