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ORIGINAL!RARE!CIVIL WAR MAINE GAR VET. CABINET CARD PHOTO IN MEMORIAM " A.A. DWINAL " POST #3 DEP'T. ME.( GETTYSBURG ) c.1889
RARE ANTIQUE CABINET CARD PHOTO FEATURING UNION VETERAN FROM MECHANIC FALLS MAINE. THE PORTRAIT DEPICTS A LIVING MEMBER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (GAR) STANDING PROUDLY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES HOLDING HIS VETERAN SLOUGH HAT WITH METALLIC CORD AND GAR WREATH BADGE. HE IS WEARING HIS OFFICIAL GAR STAR MEMBERSHIP MEDAL ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXTREMELY SCARCE REUNION ENCAMPMENT RIBBON.
WHAT MAKES THIS PHOTOGRAPH EXTRAORDINARY IS THE UNIQUE HISTORICAL INSCRIPTION ON THE MEMORIAM ENCAMPMENT BADGE. CLEARLY LEGIBLE UNDER MAGNIFICATION, THE COMMEMORATIVE RIBBON READS WITTEN; IN MEMORIAM A.A. DWINAL POST #3 DEP'T MAINE. THIS REVEALS THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AS A DIRECT TRIBUTE TO THE HIGHLY REVERED POST NAMESAKE LIEUTENANT ALBERT A. DWINAL, PROUDLY SHOWING THE POST'S PLACEMENT WITHIN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC DEPARTMENT OF MAINE. DWINAL WAS A BRAVE YOUNG OFFICER IN COMPANY E OF THE FAMED 17TH MAINE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT. THE 17TH MAINE INFANTRY WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST-FIGHTING CIVIL WAR UNITS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TAKING MASSIVE CASUALTIES AT THE WHEATFIELD AT GETTYSBURG, WINCHESTER AND THE WILDERNESS. LIEUTENANT DWINAL MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND DIED DURING THE WAR. SURVIVING LOCAL VETERANS ESTABLISHED THE A.A. DWINAL GAR POST NO. 3 IN MECHANIC FALLS IN 1872 TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE. THE VETERAN IN THIS PORTRAIT IS INTENTIONALLY DISPLAYING THIS MOURNING PIECE AND COMMEMORATIVE RIBBON TO HONOR HIS FALLEN COMRADE AND SACRIFICE. THE LOWER BOTTOM EDGE BEARS THE SCARCE ORIGINAL STUDIO IMPRINT O.C. BRIDGES MECHANIC FALLS MAINE. PHOTOGRAPH HAS WONDERFUL SEPIA TONES CRISP DETAIL AND HIGH CONTRAST MAKING THE BADGES LEGIBLE. AN INCREDIBLE AND INTIMATE PIECE OF MAINE MILITARY HISTORY CIVIL WAR VETERAN MEMORABILIA AND GAR EPHEMERA. WORLDWIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS. EXTREMELY FINE WITH VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 136+ YEARS.
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