Rare Collection of Womans Relief Corps Materials, Including a Rare Gold Badge

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Mar 20, 2021

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  Collection of Thirteen Historic Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) Badges and Items Including a Rare Gold Badge
  1883-1917 Period, Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) Collection of Badges and related material, Including a Rare Gold Badge
  The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) was the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, recognized in 1883, and it was a way for women to participate on their own terms. This Collection of Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) related materials dates from 1883 to 1917. Included are numerous Badges, one in its original box, and an extremely rare Gold Badge. Most of the items are housed in two high-quality hinged collector display boxes. Includes an "AID" badge, an 1883 FCL (Faith, Charity, Loyalty) badge, an 1891 Detroit badge and medal, an 1893 National Encampment badge, a rare 1917 Long Beach, California Encampment badge, an 1892 ribbon, an extremely rare 1883 Gold, enameled "FCL" badge (weight 2.08 grams), an 1895 Louisville Badge and medal, a 1901 Ribbon, an 1899 Discharge Card, a colorful WRC Postcard, an 1883 "FCL" badge and ribbon still in its original sales box, and a Souvenir plate with images of Clara Barton and Theodore Penland (the Last Commander and Chief). All of the items are in excellent condition and it would take much effort to ever reproduce this collection, if even possible. (13 items)
  The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, recognized in 1883.
  The W.R.C is one of the many women's organizations that were founded after the American Civil War. In 1879, a group of Massachusetts women started a "secret" organization and its members were to be women who were loyal to the North during the American Civil War.
  From 1879, the WRC held as the primary means to identify women who were eligible to become members was remaining loyal to the Union. It didn't matter where the applicants lived during the Civil War as long as they could prove loyal to the Union. While it might be easy to assume that this organization was only for white women, there were many Posts across the country that had African-American women as members. The only challenge identifying these women is that the WRC records do not specify the races of its members very often. The organization was designed to assist the GAR, promote and help run Memorial Day (alongside the GAR), petition the federal government for nurses pensions, and promote patriotic education.
  
  Our Auction Contents:
  
  Black History & Slavery: (Lots 1 - 63)
  Abraham Lincoln Related: (Lots 64 - 74)
  Historic Autographs: (Lots 75 - 235)
  Colonial America: (Lots 236 - 261)
  Revolutionary War: (Lots 262 - 304)
  George Washington Related: (Lots 305 - 306)
  Early American Guns & Weapons: (Lots 307 - 318)
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