Badge, Membership
Object number2007.56.170
Manufacturer
Bastian Brothers Company
Date1939
OriginRochester, NY
MediumMetal/Silk
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionYellow silk ribbon/badge. Attached on top, in front: embossed image of an eagle with spread wings, claws gripping two crossed cannons above group of cannonballs. Attached via two chains is a medal in the shape of a shield bearing embossed text and images of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and the Fort Pitt Blockhouse; reverse side has maker's mark. Connected to bottom edge via loop is a circular medal with an embossed image of a bust of male in a suit; text around edge and on reverse side.Dimensions4.75 x 2.125 in. (12.1 x 5.4 cm)InscriptionsCentral medal has embossed text: "REPRESENTATIVE / G.A.R. / SOLDIERS / MEMORIAL / AUG.27TH SEPT.1ST / [image of building] / PITTSBURGH / 19 39 / 73RD NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT / [image of Fort Pitt Block House]".
Bottom medal has text around edge, "ROBERT M.ROWND COMMANDER IN CHIEF G.A.R."; reverse side, embossed, "73RD NATIONAL / ENCAMPMENT / GRAND ARMY OF / THE REPUBLIC / PITTSBURGH,PENNA. / AUG.27TH SEPT.1ST / 1939".
MarksReverse side of medal has text "BASTIAN BROS.CO. / ROCHESTER,N.Y." in center, "M.P.B / P.I.U."
Historical NotesSeventy-third National Encampment, Pittsburgh, PA. August 27 to September 1, 1939. Membership: 1,701. Found in collection.
Related institution
Grand Army of the Republic
Related person
Robert M. Rownd
On View
Not on view
c. 1950
