Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card boar Surely a product of toning

Surely a product of toning

as found: 16 3/4" x 14 7/8"

on the day I decided to launch Critical Eye

but the metal is soft enough to press pretty flat

Such an excellent array of names on these oversized pinback buttons

Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card boar Surely a product of toningI believe this small card, which I would call a "sentiment card" of sorts (different that a calling card, that would bear the caller's name) is early Civil War era, especially as I take that for an eagle protecting her nest. I can't find another like it anywhere out there, but I did find a 1861 pro Union print, published by E. B. and E. C. Kellogg, titled The Eagles Nest, which I've included in photos and which, like this, has a definite ferocity to