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Daughters of the Cincinnati Badge In solid Gold and enamels numbered 113…

Daughters of the Cincinnati Badge In solid Gold and enamels numbered 113 and named “”CAPT. JAMES GORDON HERON.”” With original ribbon with gold broach and pin . The Daughters of the…

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Origin: U.S.A.
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Daughters of the Cincinnati Badge In solid Gold and enamels numbered 113 and named “”CAPT. JAMES GORDON HERON.”” With original ribbon with gold broach and pin . The Daughters of the Cincinnati is an historical, hereditary lineage organization founded in 1894 by women whose ancestors were officers in George Washington’s Continental Army and Navy during the Revolutionary War. These officers were the founding members of the Society of the Cincinnati,

Captain James Gordon Herron was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1749. He served as a Lieutenant and a Captain of a Company in Colonel Hazen’s Regiment of the “”Congress’ Own””, Continental Line in 1777. He was taken Prisoner of War at Staten Island and died in 1809.”

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