Badge, Membership
Object number2009.5.5
Manufacturer
St. Louis Button Company
Date1933
OriginSt. Louis, MO
Mediumvarious metals; silk
Credit LineGift of William J. Geyer
DescriptionBadge with blue silk ribbon.Dimensions5 x 1.875 in. (12.7 x 4.8 cm)InscriptionsText printed in silver on ribbon obverse: "THIRD ANNUAL / CONVENTION / DEPARTMENT / OF / PENNSYLVANIA / DISABLED / AMERICAN / VETERANS / OF THE / WORLD WAR / PITTSBURGH, PENNA. / JAN. 21-22, 1933".
Metal nameplate at top with paper inside with typed text, "CONVENTION / COMMITTEE".
MarksSilver text on back of ribbon at top "ST LOUIS BUTTON CO."
Printed paper tag attached to back bottom: "This Badge Made by: / ST. LOUIS BUTTON CO. / Manufacturers of / CELLULOID, GOLD AND / ENAMELED BUTTONS / RIBBON AND METAL / BADGES AND / ADVERTISING NOVELTIES / Office and Factory: ST. LOUIS, MO."
Historical NotesRibbon worn by Christopher Schroll during a Disabled American Veterans convention. From a collection of items from the donor's deceased neighbor, Christopher Schroll, who served in the First World War. Chris enlisted at the age of 23 in 1917 and was discharged in May of 1919. During the war, he fought in France primarily in the St. Mihiel Offensive, Argonne Meuse (where he was gassed), Toul Sector, and the Morray Offensive. He was honorably discharged but disabled from multiple shelling concussions and ear damage. He never married and continued to live with his two younger brothers, who also never married.
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Christopher Schroll
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