Civil War Veterans Gar Porcelain Canteen Lot
About this listing
This aggregated auction listing is being sold by HiBid in Willoughby, Ohio. The auction has 21 days remaining. BidProwl's Flip Score puts it at 80/100, which scores well above the median for military surplus.
Description from HiBid
Attractive lot of Civil War GAR Canteens to include 1) Small Porcelain Canteen measuring 6 inches in diameter. To the obverse a GAR Badge surrounded by gold stars. The reverse shows a winter scene showing a house covered in snow in the background. 2) Larger Porcelain Cantten measuring 7 inches in diameter showing a gilt and painted GAR Badge. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the nation (predominantly in the North, but also a few in the South and West). It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last membe...
