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Pin, Fraternal

Object Name:
Pin, Fraternal
Object ID:
1997.004.02
Date:
circa 1856
Description:
Dartmouth College fraternity pin that belonged to Willard Spaulding Heath, c.1856. Gold. Rectangular. Front depicts a green star above a white crescent moon, against a black background. Greek letters in crescent, Alpha Delta Phi. The year "1832" below crescent, in gold. Back engraved "WS Heath", and depicts a pyramid on a base with two crossed lines (sword and arrow?) near the apex. (Typed note with pin, "Alpha Delta Phi / Willard Spaulding Heath / Dartmouth, 1858".)
Material:
Metal
Gold
Dimensions:
H-0.9 W-0.6 D-0.1 inches
Credit Line:
Bequest of Willis Duer Thompson III
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