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A nice badge worn by veterans at the 1894 Grand Army of the Republic encampment held at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  With the badge is the metal box the badge came in along with the paper insert which describes the badge and how it was made.  The 1894 badge is bronze with a suspension bar with allegorical scenes of war, peace and prosperity.  The GAR seal joins the scenes of peace and prosperity.  Below this is a keystone drop showing Pittsburgh's earliest defenses.  On the keystone's reverse is "Presented to Members of 28th National Encampment by the Citizens Executive Board".  The ribbon is an American flag with yellow boarders.  The pendant is a bronze shield with the city seal of Pittsburgh and "28th National Encampment, Pittsburgh, September, 1894".  On the reverse is Pittsburgh's Old City Hall, with tablets inscribed "Pittsburgh Subsistence Committee.  Organized August, 1861; Dissolved January 1866.  Sustained by voluntary contributions of the citizens" and "409,745 Soldiers entertained in this hall; 79,460 sick and disabled provided for at Soldier's Home.  Total 489,205".  The badge came in a brass case, with a polished steel lid embossed with designs emblematic of Pittsburgh - an oil and gas derrick, steel mill, and glass factory and ornamented with military images of cannon, stacked arms, flags. ect.  There was a card in each case stating that the badge had been made from a 12-pound cannon made in 1842.  All of this is included in this group!