Sold – Medal Given by Grant to His Supporters at the 1880 Republican Convention
Struck From the Last Cannon Fired at Appommattox.
Jacob Trieber was the first Jew to serve as a federal judge in the United States. He started his career as the youngest delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880, where he was a supporter of President Grant. The nod went instead to James A. Garfield, but Trieber was one of...
Jacob Trieber was the first Jew to serve as a federal judge in the United States. He started his career as the youngest delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880, where he was a supporter of President Grant. The nod went instead to James A. Garfield, but Trieber was one of the 306 stalwarts who stuck with Grant to the end. These loyal 306 men – called (somewhat ironically in Trieber’s case) – Grant’s “Old Guard”, received a gift from the grateful former president. It was a 2 3/4 inch diameter bronze medal featuring a bust profile of Grant surrounded by laurels and a series of numbers to 306, “Commemorative of the 36 Ballots of The Old Guard for Ulysses S. Grant for President.” The striking thing about the medals was that they were struck from metal from the last cannon fired at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. This is Trieber’s historic “Old Guard” medal.
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