Badge, Membership
Object number2007.81.6
Date1915
MediumSilk; various metals; ink; plastic
Credit LineGift of United Lutheran Society
DescriptionRectangular fraternal badge. Brass plate at top; front covered in plastic covering, colored image of two shaking hands; connects to ribbons. Top ribbon, white silk with two ruffled American flags; plastic oval medallion at bottom with black and white image of unknown man in a black (preacher's?) robe. Red, light blue, and white striped silk ribbon, behind top ribbon, with gold text. Gold coiled fringe at bottom. Backside: black silk ribbon with same text as front and additional memorial text before rest of words. Black metallic coiled fringe. Dimensions2.375 x 9 in. (6 x 22.9 cm)InscriptionsRed, light blue, and white striped silk ribbon, behind top ribbon, with gold letters, "SPOLOK / SV. JANA [accent over A] / KRSTITEL'A / CISLO 239 [accents over C] / S.E.J. / ZAL. 7 FEB. 1915 / JOHNSTOWN, PA."
Backside: black silk ribbon with same lettering as above, except at top, "IN MEMORIAM / [cross with "SEJ" horizontally]" before rest of words.
Historical NotesThis badge was mostly likely from a small meeting at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, before the eleventh annual convention met later on during July of 1915. 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
