Badge, Membership
Object number2007.56.169 a,b
Manufacturer
The Robbins Company
Date1918
OriginAttleboro, MA
MediumMetal/Paper/Silk
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionEvent ribbon/badge. On top: embossed American Flag interspersed with organizational acronym; embossed below is event name; pin on back. Yellow silk ribbon attached to bottom edge of brass; printed organizational name in silver metallic type. Attached via loop on bottom edge of ribbon is an embossed pewter medal of a mountain with a rose and leaves on either side, a lake in center; embossed caption text on bottom edge includes year.
Cardboard backing, onto which badge was originally attached. Holes and a slit on top for attachment purposes.Dimensions(a) Height: 4 ; Width: 1.625(b) H: 5.375 ; W: 2.5
Inscriptions(a)
On top: "GAR" and "NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT".
Yellow ribbon has silver metallic type: "LADIES / OF THE G.A.R."
Medal has embossed text on bottom edge: "MOUNT PORTLAND 1918 WOOD".
Marks(a)
Maker's mark pressed into backside "ROBBINS CO / ATTLEBORO / MASS".
(b)
Printed in purple ink on bottom edge: "The Robbins Co. / Manufacturers of Badges and Medals / Attleboro, Mass."
Historical NotesFound in collection.
Related institution
Grand Army of the Republic
Related institution
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
On View
Not on view
1976
