Badge, Membership
Object number2010.74.8
Date1941
MediumMetal, silk
Credit LineTransfer from McKeesport Heritage Center
DescriptionDelegate badge. Gold rectangular pin with red, white, and blue ribbon attached below connected to a circular gold medal. Across the top pin is stamped with wearer information. On ribbon is gold text with organizational information. On circular medal is an image of the Pennsylvania crest inscribed in a circle inside of a keystone with olive leaf branches surrounding it. Text on medal's reverse is partially obscured by corrosion.Dimensions1.937 x 3.375 in. (4.9 x 8.6 cm)InscriptionsAcross the top pin is stamped: "DELEGATE".
On ribbon is gold lettering: "CONVENTION / FIREMEN'S ASSN. / ... / GR...)NSBURG..."
Historical NotesPart of a collection transferred from the McKeesport Heritage Center that documents Pittsburgh Volunteer Firefighting from the 1910s through the 1950s (majority c. 1925).
Related institution
Firemen's Association
On View
Not on view
1976
