Pin

Object Name:

Pin

Object ID:

2001.017.22

Date:

1917

Description:

Pin Steel straight pin, one end attached to rectangular paper and celluloid hanging piece. Blue border, white rectangle inside with red cross and blue lettering, "2ND / WAR FUND".

Material:

Metal
Paper
Plastic

Dimensions:

W-0.5 L-1 inches

Provenance:

Ralph W. Holt of Nashua, NH (b.1883) was a building contractor. He served seven years in the NH National Guard and was chief trumpeter on the staff of General J. E. Tolles. He held ward and city offices, was a member of the Legislature of 1915, and a delegate to the 1918 NH Constitutional Convention.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett

People:

Holt, Ralph (1883-1937)

Subjects:

Red Cross, World War I, War bonds & funds