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Badge, Membership

Object number2007.56.176 a-c

Manufacturer Whitehead & Hoag Company

Date1923

OriginNewark, NJ

MediumMetal/Silk

Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection

DescriptionYellow ribbon with medal. Top piece: embossed image of an eagle with spread wings, claws gripping two crossed cannons above group of cannonballs; maker's info on reverse. Attached via two chains is a piece with embossed text; a smaller embossed image of an eagle top part of the American flag and a five-pointed star is superimposed over the "A" in "GAR"; maker's info on reverse. Connected to bottom edge via two chains is an oval-shaped medal with an embossed image of a badger in the center; text on top. Attached via one loop on bottom edge is a circular medal with an embossed a bust of male in a suit and eyeglasses; text around edge. Reverse: embossed images of laurel branches, an eagle with spread wings standing on top of a shield featuring stars and stripes, with the handles of sabres and anchors behind. RIbbon also has a maker card attached to back, bottom edge. Rectangular, white box. Dimensions(a) Height: 6.5 ; Width: 2
(b) H: 7.375 ; W: 3 ; Depth: .625
(c) H: 7.25 ; W: 2.75 ; D: .5
Inscriptions(a)
Second piece of metal from top has embossed text "REPRESENTATIVE / G A R / MILWAUKEE".

Third piece of metal from top has text on top: "57TH NAT'L ENCAMPMENT 1923".

Bottom medal has text around edge, "JAMES W. WILLETT / COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF G.A.R."

(b)
Crossed-off handwriting in ink followed by handwriting in black ink: "Milwauke Wis / 1923" [sic].

(c)
Handwritten in black ink on base: "1923".
Marks(a)
"THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J." [repeated on second medal]
"THIS BADGE MANUFACTURED BY / THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / MAKERS OF / BADGES, BUTTONS, BANNERS, SIGNS / AND ADVERTISING NOVELTIES / Main Office and Factory, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY" followed by Union group titles.

Historical NotesFifty-seventh GAR National Encampment, Milwaukee, Wis. September 2-8, 1923. Membership: 76,126. Found in collection.

Related institution Grand Army of the Republic

Related person James W. Willett

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