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Offered is a hard to find badge worn by Maryland Civil War veterans, both Confederate and Union, at the 1913 Gettysburg 50th Anniversary Reunion. This three piece badge has a bronze type hanger with the word "MARYLAND" on it. A black and yellow ribbon is attached to the hanger and the drop. The drop has "50th Anniversary, Gettysburg, July, 1913" written on it. The state coat of arms is in the middle of the badge. The badge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey.
According to the Report of the Pennsylvania Commission on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, there were 1080 Civil War veterans attending from Maryland. There were 280 Union veterans and 800 Confederate veterans in this number.