Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 1992.043.05
- Creator:
- American Knitwear Emblem Manufacturers
- Place of Origin:
- Plaistow, NH
- Date:
- 1974
- Description:
- Badge, ribbon, red nylon with white lettering, "8/40 / LA MARCHE / TILTON / N.H. / 1974 / ALTERNATE". Safety pin on reverse, and white card imprinted "AMERICAN KNITWEAR / AND EMBLEM MFRS. / PLAISTOW, N.H."
- Material:
- Textile
Nylon
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-6.2 W-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Kenneth Magoon (b. 1898) of Rochester, NH, who served in World War I. "8/40" refers to the Forty and Eight Society, established after World War I by veterans who served in France (an army boxcar would hold 40 men or 8 horses). Kenneth Magoon was head of the New Hampshire Department of Forty and Eight.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Magoon, Kenneth F. (1898-1966)
- Subjects:
- Badges, Ribbon badges, Ribbons, Veterans' organizations, World War I
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