Badge, Membership
Object number2007.81.3
Date1902
MediumSilk; various metals; ink
Credit LineGift of United Lutheran Society
DescriptionRectangular fraternal convention badge. Brass pin; front in shape of two shaking hands. Short looped black silk ribbon attached to bottom of pin, connects to sun-shaped cardboard with gold metallic sequence and coils; rises in center; two silver metallic coiled tassels hang from edges. Red, white, and blue silk ribbon with text. Silver coiled fringe at bottom. Blue silk ribbon attached to top ribbon has text. Silver coiled fringe and tassel on bottom edge. Backside: same sun-shaped decoration as above, but entirely silver. Black silk ribbon with silver screen print, same as other side. Silver fringe.Dimensions4 x 12.5 in. (10.2 x 31.8 cm)InscriptionsRed, white, and blue silk ribbon with, "SPOLOK / SLOVENSKEJ / EVANJELICKEJ JEDNOTY".
Blue silk ribbon attached to top ribbon, "PETER MATUSKA [accent over S] / CIS. 81 S.E.J. [accent over C] / [chalice] / ZAL. 21HO FEBRUARA, 1902 [accent over A] / PITTSBURG, PA."
Backside: Black silk ribbon with silver screen print, same as above.
Historical NotesThe Slovak Evangelical Union held their sixth convention meeting in Braddock, Pa. in June of 1902, when this ribbon was most likely used. The United Lutheran Society was formed in 1962 when the Slovak Evangelical Slovak Church Union of the Augsburg Confession in America, founded in 1893, and the Evangelical Slovak Women's Union, organized in 1906, merged. This fraternal benefit society is now open to all persons of the Lutheran faith and provides life and health insurance. It is headquartered in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
Previous owner
United Lutheran Society
Related institution
Slovak Evangelical Union
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c. 1893
