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Nine (9) United Confederate Veterans (UCV) badges and buttons. 1st item: Birmingham, AL Fourth UCV reunion badge, 1894. Consists of a gold tone metal hanger embossed "Birmingham" and a gold tone metal five pointed star drop embossed "Fourth Reunion 1894" around a Confederate flag with "U C V" and the images of cross swords and crossed telescopes in each of the points. 2 3/8" H x 2" W. 2nd item: Memphis, TN UCV reunion delegate oval celluloid button, June 8-10, 1909. Dark orange and white button with white and black lettering reading "U.C.V. Reunion Memphis, Tenn. Delegate June 8, 9, 10. 1909". 1 1/4" H x 1 3/8" W. 3rd item: Louisville, KY UCV reunion souvenir badge, 1905. Consists of a gold tone metal hanger embossed "Souvenir" and a gold tone metal Greek cross drop embossed "Reunion United Confederate Veterans Louisville, KY 1905" with the painted image of a Confederate flag. Manufacturer's marks for Schwaab S & S Company Milwaukee, WI, en verso of drop. 2 1/4" H x 1 1/2" W. 4th item: New Orleans, LA UCV reunion delegate badge, April 25, 1906. Consists of a copper tone metal hanger embossed "61 UCV 65 Reunion" surmounted by a fleur-de-lis, a copper tone drop embossed "Delegate", and a copper tone metal medallion drop embossed "61 U C V 65 New Orleans, April 25, 1906" surrounding the image of Robert E. Lee before two crossed confederate flags, and a crescent moon representing the city of New Orleans. Manufacturer's marks for Schwaab S & S Company Milwaukee, WI, en verso of hanger and medallion drop. 3 1/4" H x 1 7/8" W. 5th item: Birmingham, AL UCV Eighteenth reunion badge, June 9-11, 1909. Consists of a copper tone metal greek cross hanger embossed "June 9 10 11 1908 Birmingham" surrounding the images of Brigadier Generals Edmund Pettus and John Hunt Morgan and a Confederate flag and a copper tone metal medallion drop embossed "18th Reunion United Confederate Veterans" surrounded by a laurel wreath and an image of the CSS Alabama. Manufacturer's marks for the Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, NJ, en verso of hanger and medallion drop. 3 1/4" H x 1 3/4" W. 6th item: Birmingham, AL UCV reunion celluloid button, June 9-11, 1909. Red and white button with white and red lettering. Manufacturer's marks for the St. Louis Button Company, St. Louis, MO on paper label, affixed en verso. 1 7/8" dia. 7th item: Memphis, TN UCV Nineteenth reunion badge, Jun 8-10 1909. Consists of a bronze tone metal hanger embossed "Memphis June 8-9-10 1909" surmounted by two painted crossed Confederate flags and a bronze tone five sided medallion drop embossed "United Confederate Veterans 19th Reunion" surrounding a portrait of General Albert Sidney Johnston. Manufacturer's marks for the Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, NJ, en verso of hanger and medallion drop. 3 1/4" H x 1 3/4" W. 8th item: Memphis, TN UCV Thirty-fourth reunion badge, 1924. Consists of a bronze tone metal hanger depicting the newly constructed Memphis and Shelby County Auditorium, also known as the Memphis Ellis Auditorium, embossed "Lee Highway" below with "Memphis, Tenn." in a banner and a bronze tone metal medallion drop embossed "34th Reunion U.C.V. Memphis 1924" surrounding the Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument against the Memphis skyline with a painted Confederate flag and a laurel wreath, below. Manufacturer's marks for the Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, NJ, en verso of hanger and medallion drop. 2 3/4" H x 1 3/4" W. 9th item: Bronze and silver tone metal medallion drop depicting a painted Confederate flag with "1861" and "1865" embossed above and below. Manufacturer's marks for the Stief Jewelry Company, Nashville, TN, en verso. 1 5/8" dia. Provenance: Private Ringgold, Georgia collection; among items purchased in the 1960's from the old location of the A. P. Stewart Chapter of the UDC (United Daughters of the Confederacy), formerly the Nathan Bedford Forrest UCV (United Confederate Veterans) home, St. Elmo, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition with areas of tarnish. 2nd item: Overall very good condition. 3rd item: Overall good condition with areas of tarnish. Areas of loss to painted flag, 1/4" blue paint mark to lower point of cross. 4th-5th items: Overall good condition with areas of tarnish. 6th item: Overall very good condition. 7th item: Overall good condition with areas of tarnish. 8th-9th items: Overall good condition with areas of tarnish, fading to painted flag.