Lot 69
Rare Silk Ribbon Commemorating Bunker Hill and Major General Joseph Warren. White silk ribbon with black print, 7½ x 3 inches, by Nath. Dearborn. At top is an account of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Below that is an image of the Bunker Hill Monument with, "Commemorative of June 17, 1775. Consecrated June 17, 1843." Following that is a portrait of "Maj. Gen. Joseph Warren. Who was slain in the Battle on Bunker Hill," with a poem: "For God's inalienable rights to man, Our fathers fought and bled! So glorious were those rights secured, The sons revere the dead." At bottom is a history of the momument. Fine except for minor foxing and some fraying of silk at top and bottom, affecting a few words of text. A rare ribbon.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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