Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 1950.011.08
- Date:
- 1902
- Description:
- Ribbon badge, Amoskeag Veterans, Washington, DC, 1902. Front: White silk ribbon suspended from a horizontal gilded pin back with celluloid name plate imprinted, " 1854-1902, AMOSKEAG VETERANS". Suspended from pin back is a medal with engraved picture of three soldiers. On back of medal, "Washington D. C. February 22nd 1902."
- Material:
- Textile
Metal
Gold
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-3.6 W-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- This is badge is part of a collection of objects owned by Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918), who served in United States Senate from New Hampshire, 1891-1918. It was worn by Senator Gallinger, who was a speaker at a the Amoskeag Veterans Annual Meeting banquet, held at the National Hotel, Washington, DC, February 22, 1902. The collection was given to the New Hampshire Historical Society by Senator Gallinger's daughter, Katherine C. (Mrs. Harry A.) Norton (1866-1957).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katherine C. Norton
- Subjects:
- Ribbon badges, Ribbons, Medals
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