Civil War Identification Tag. Unissued. UNION Shield, AGAINST REBELLION 1861. Maier-Stahl 2A. Brass. MS-64 (NGC). 30 mm. Lightly toned in iridescent golden-olive, otherwise brassy-gold surfaces and fully struck with a soft satiny texture. A minor carbon spot is out of the way at the right obverse border, both sides otherwise free of individually mentionable blemishes. Rare Choice Mint State quality for the type, and worthy of the strongest bids, as such.
