Badge, Membership
Object number2007.56.179 a-c
Manufacturer
Medallic Art Company
Date1916
OriginNY
MediumMetal/Silk
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionYellow ribbon with medal. Top piece: embossed image of an eagle with spread wings, behind a banner with event text. Below banner are two crossed cannons mostly hidden behind a seal that includes text and a farmer and farming scene. Loop on bottom edge; missing additional medal(s). Rectangular, white box.Dimensions(a) Height: 4.875 ; Width: 1.25(b) H: 6 ; W: 2.875 ; Depth: .5
(c) H: 5.625 ; W: 2.625 ; D: ~ < .5
Inscriptions(a)
Metal piece has banner with text, "56TH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT".
Below banner is a seal with "19 22" is on the sides and text in seal: "THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF IOWA / [in the center featuring a farmer and farming scene] / DES MOINES IOWA / A".
(b)
Handwritten in black ink: "Des Moines / Ladies [?]".
Marks(b)
Text inside box "MEDALLIC ART CO. / NEW YORK".
Historical NotesFifty-sixth Encampment, Des Moines, Iowa. September 24-29, 1916. Membership: 85,621. Found in collection.
Related institution
Grand Army of the Republic
Related institutionPossibly
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
On View
Not on view
