Badge, Political
Object number2016.61.4
Manufacturer
Keystone Badge Company
OriginReading, PA
MediumCelluloid; Paper; Metal; Ink; Silk
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionEscort badge consisting of circular pinback button with ribbon suspended from bottom.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 4.188 × 1.5 × 0.25 in. (10.6 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)InscriptionsFront of the ribbon has blue diagonal text "ESCORT".
Reverse of the ribbon has handwritten text in graphite "Pinned on / Betty by / Mrs Pinchot / when Teddy / held her in / his arms."
MarksButton reverse has black printed text at center "MADE BY / KEYSTONE BADGE CO. / READING, PA. / [illegible union label]".
Related person
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
(1858 - 1919)
Related person
Gifford Pinchot
(1865 - 1946)
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
Cornelia Bryce Pinchot
Collector
Carl Krasik
On View
Not on view
1938-1943
c. 2011