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Gettysburg Reunion Hardtack w/ Period Envelope
Gettysburg Reunion Hardtack w/ Period Envelope
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Hardtack. N.p.: National Biscuit Company (Nabisco), ca 1913. Stamped "NBC". With Original envelope addressed to Mrs. E.R. Hickok of Canton, Pennsylvania. With the pencil inscription: "What the G.A.R. had to eat in Civil War. Grdfather Hickok."

A nice intact example of hardtack that was issued to Civil War veterans who were planning to attend the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg held on 1-3 July 1913 as part of a promotional effort by the National Biscuit Company (NBC).

This example is enhanced with contemporary provenance from the descendants of a veteran. Several men with the last name Hickok from Bradford County served in various Pennsylvania regiments during the war.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Veterans' Organizations, GAR, Grand Army of the Republic, UCV, United Confederate Veterans, Gettysburg, Reunions, Ephemera, Militaria]
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Gettysburg Reunion Hardtack w/ Period Envelope

Estimate $150 - $300
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