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Badge, Insignia

Object number2013.132.2 a-c

Manufacturer Henderson-Ames Company

Date1913

OriginKalamazoo, MI

MediumFabric/Metal/Paper/Ink/Graphite

Credit LineGift of Donald H. Duff

DescriptionGettysburg Semi-Centennial badge, paper card, and paper envelope.Dimensions(a) Height 8.5, Width 2.313, Depth 0.5;
(b) Height 9.25, Width 2.75;
(c) Height 4.813, Width 10, Depth 0.063.
Inscriptions(a)
Ribbon has gold text on front "THE BLUE AND / THE GRAY / 1863 / SEMI-CENTENNIAL / GETTYSBURG / JULY 1, 2, 3, 4 / 1913".

Metal bar at top has gold text on black background "MICHIGAN".

Shield-shaped medallion has relief and raised text on front "E PLURIBUS UNUM / TUEBOR / SI QUAERIS / PENINSULAM AMOENAM / CIRCUMSPICE".

(c)
Handwritten note in graphite along top "Mr. Duff / Compliments of G..."; text is incomplete due to paper loss.

Printed text in black ink at center "GETTYSBURG BADG..."; text is incomplete due to paper loss.
Marks(a)
Shield-shaped medallion has maker's mark inscribed on back "THE HENDERSON AMES CO. / KALAMAZOO, MICH."

(b)
Green printed maker's logo at center with text "Superior Quality" and "The HENDERSON-AMES Co. / KALAMAZOO MICH." and text maker's mark at bottom "THIS BADGE MANUFACTURED BY / THE HENDERSON-AMES CO., KALAMAZOO, MICH."

(c)
Printed in black ink in bottom right corner "MANUFACTURED BY THE / BADGE MAKERS / THE HENDERSON-AMES CO., / KALAMAZOO, MICH."
Historical NotesBadge was owned by Hezekiah Nixon Duff. Hezekiah Nixon Duff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1876. He graduated from Western University of Pennsylvania, now University of Pittsburgh, with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Law and worked as an editor for the Pittsburgh Leader newspaper. Duff was a Private in Hampton-Battery B and fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898. After returning home, he married Sarah Lindsay and moved to Michigan. In Michigan, Duff worked for various newspapers and magazines. From 1929-1930, he served as the National Commander in Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Hezekiah Nixon Duff died on April 29, 1949, and was interred in Union Dale Cemetery located in Pittsburgh's North Side.

Previous owner Hezekiah Nixon Duff

Related institution Veterans of Foreign Wars

Related institution University of Pittsburgh

Related institution Pittsburgh Leader

Related person Sarah Lindsay

Related institution Hampton-Battery B

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