SOLD!!! The 1896 badge has four parts, and no ribbon. The top suspension has the Minnesota seal centered on a shock of wheat, inscribeed "30th/ENCPT". Above the seal is the legend "L'Etoile du Nord". Suspended from the top bar is a choclate bronze double scroll, with intertwined "GAR" between them. The top scroll is inscribed "Saint Paul, 1896" and the bottom scroll is inscribed "Delegate". Suspended from that is a gold-washed drop depicting a spread eagle flanked by United States flags, perched on crossed cannons atop an enamelled representation of the flag. Behind the enamelled device are an anchor, crossed muskets and crossed swords. From this is suspended a choclate bronze pendant in the shape of the GAR star, with its symbols of the various branches of service, surrounding a bust portrait. The reverse of the second drop is inscribed "Pat Apld, Heeran Bros & Co. Pittsburgh, Pa." On the reverse of the star is inscribed "Presented by the Citizen COmmittee St. Paul, 1896".