FILE: 065_20Wal_Inscrip.jpg

TITLE: 20 size Waltham/Nashua Presidential Presentation Watch

DESCRIPTION: Photo of the engraved inscription from "The President of the United States to Capt B. A. Oberg for the rescue of the Crew of Am. Steamer Mississippi 1862. If not the earliest of these Presidential presentation watches, this is certainly one of the earliest and was presented by President Abraham Lincoln.