You are bidding on a ANTIQUE (SHOWS ISSUED IN JUNE 1907 POST CIVIL WAR)....AND BELIEVE RARE ENCAMPMENT BADGE / EXONUMIA MEDAL ISSUED FOR CIVIL WAR VETERANS ENCAMPMENT  which actually says " BAY CITY - GRAND ARMY  OF THE REPUBLIC (pictorial of soldiers with flags) 1861 VETERANS 1866 "   which was issued for a GAR encampment held in the town of  BAY CITY, MICHIGAN

THIS ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR VETERAN BADGE CAME OUT OF A NOTEBOOK COLLECTION OF MILITARY MEDALS AND RELICS COLLECTED OVER MANY YEARS...MOSTLY FROM CIVIL WAR ERA TO SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ERA........

I AM NOT THE WORLDS EXPERT ON CIVIL WAR VETERAN BADGES & MEDALS.......BUT.....IT  APPEARS THIS "BAY CITY" BADGE WAS LIKELY A RIBBON TOPPER ISSUED TO AN CIVIL WAR VETERAN AT THIS GAR ENCAMPMENT HELD IN "JUNE 1907" IN BAY CITY, MICHIGAN

THE "GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC" (GAR) WAS FORMED IN 1866 SHORTLY AFTER THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR AS AN ORGANIZATION OF UNION ARMY VETERANS

The historic town of BAY CITY was incorporated in 1865 and is located in Bay County Michigan near Saginaw Bay, near the towns of Bad Axe, Saginaw, Tawas City and Clare Michigan.

GAR badge is brass metal, likely once a ribbon topper, medal is odd shaped with sharp details, and medal measures 25mm x 44mm with pin intact, and displays very nicely. It has Schwab s. & s. milwaukee maker marks (see gallery)

Gallery pictures should give you all the information you need. AMAZING DATED "JUNE 1907" GAR CIVIL WAR VETERANS BRASS BADGE BELIEVE ISSUED FOR A "GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC" ENCAMPMENT HELD MANY YEARS AGO IN THE HISTORIC TOWN OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!!   Tangible assets are always the best ones.