The Eagle and the Shield, p. 449, "In the new Coat of Arms, Seal and Flag, the Eagle not only faces to its right – the direction of honor – but also toward the olive branches of peace which it holds in its right talon. Formerly the eagle faced toward the arrows in its left talon – arrows, symbolic of war.", White House press release, October 25, 1945.
Selig Baumgarten had an engraving shop with his son William on 45 East Fayette St in 1864 according to the Baltimore City Directory;[28] the address on the J. Baumgarten letters was nearby at 19 East Fayette St. Among Selig's sons were Herman Baumgarten (1849–1905), who later moved to Washington, D.C. and engraved the 1877 version of the Great Seal, and Julius (1835–1915), who also had an engraving business in Washington, D.C. both before and after the Civil War[27] but at the time was apparently in Richmond, Virginia, involved with creating the seal and currency for the Confederate States of America until after the war.[29] Herman's and Julius' sons later formed a combined company in Washington, D.C. which still exists.[3]
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