Badge, Membership
Object number2007.56.168
Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Company
Date1947
OriginNewark, NJ
MediumMetal/Satin
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionEvent medal/badge. Brass empty name plate. Red, white, and blue vertically striped ribbon with gold metallic text providing event information. Attached to bottom edge of ribbon is an oval medal: embossed on top with city name and with images of a house with text beneath, a tall monument in center, and the city seal with an image of a shield, an eagle on top and two horses out each side.Dimensions5 x 2 in. (12.7 x 5.1 cm)InscriptionsRibbon has gold metallic print: "81ST ANNUAL / PENNA. / DEPT. ENCAMPMENT / G.A.R. / AND AFFILIATE / ORGANIZATIONS / EASTON, PA. / JUNE 22-27, 1947".
Medal has text embossed on top, "EASTON - PENNA.", "PARSON / RESIDENCE", and "SEAL, CITY OF EASTON / PENNSYLVANIA".
MarksTop: "WHITEHEAD- HOAG - NEWARK, N.J."
Medal reverse: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J."
Historical NotesFound in collection.
Related institution
Grand Army of the Republic
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