Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Badge |
Catalog Number |
0985.12.00041a |
Description |
Star and crescent badge made from a coin. |
Owned |
T. Sanders Sale |
Owner Regiment |
Morton's Co. Tennessee Light Artillery |
Provenance |
The badge belonged to T. Sanders Sale. It was carved from a silver coin while Sale was in Federal prison (as a POW), and worn as an ornament on his uniform. |
People |
Sale, T. Sanders unidentified Confederate POW |
Subjects |
POW's Prisoners of war Coins |