Lincoln Ribbon: Quotation From Gettysburg Address

Lincoln RelatedLincoln Ribbon with Quotation From Gettysburg Address

Silk Ribbon with Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, American Flag and Quotation from the Gettysburg Address, Choice Mint.
This beautiful multicolored woven silk ribbon, measuring 12" x 2.5," has a heraldic eagle with shield and 44 star American flag at the top, a portrait of President Lincoln in the center with a scroll below reading "Emancipation Proc(lamation)," and a quotation at the bottom with words taken from the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address. This bright, clean example, done in red, blue, black, brown and gray, is affixed at the very top to the original sheet as sold. These ribbons were issued at the 1893 and 1904 World's Fairs. Examples of this ribbon have sold at auction for as much as $800. This example includes its original red tassel!