Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Ribbon, Commemorative |
Catalog Number |
2001.001.17 |
Date |
1893 |
Material(s) |
Silk/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-7.75 W-3.5 D-0.063 inches |
Description |
This is a beige participant's ribbon from the Twelfth Reunion of the First Kentucky Orphan Brigade, C.S.A., held in Versailles, Kentucky on September 27 and 28, 1893. The silk ribbon has blue printed text that reads, "12TH REUNION / Orphan Brigade, / VERSAILLES, KY., / September 27th and 28th, / 1893." It features a waving flag on a pole with tasseled ropes. The flag has two red horizontal stripes on either side of a white one and a blue field in the upper left corner with seven white five-pointed stars. The top and bottom ends of the ribbon are cut and frayed. |
Notes |
The Confederate First Kentucky Brigade, nicknamed the Orphan Brigade, included the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Cobb’s, Byrne’s and Graves’s batteries of artillery, and, at times, the 3rd and 5th Kentucky Infantry. |
Collection |
United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection |
People |
United Daughters of the Confederacy |
Subjects |
Reunions Ribbons Soldiers Veterans Ribbons Ribbon badges Veterans' organizations Veterans Military organizations |
Search Terms |
Confederacy Confederates Orphan Brigade United Daughters of the Confederacy Versailles (Ky.) Woodford County (Ky.) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |