Badge

Object Name:

Badge

Object ID:

2001.017.29

Date:

1918

Description:

Badge. Rectangular metal bar pin with small zig-zag line decoration. Paper insert with typed lettering: "RALPH W. HOLT / NASHUA: N.H." Pin on back, union bug stamped on back, oval with words: "UNION / LABEL" on either side, tools in center. Another rectangular metal piece suspended from the first by metal rings. Second metal piece has raised lettering, "DELEGATE", surrounded by blue. Same union bug stamped on back. Silk ribbon loops through pin on back of metal piece. Each side of the ribbon has red and white vertical stripes and blue rectangle with 13 white stars. Circular medal is suspended from bottom of ribbon loop. Obverse: foliage around border, lettering: "23RD / ANNUAL / CONVENTION / 19 18 / CHICAGO". Red "Y" inside a white shield at the bottom. Circle in the center contains image of a lyre and laurel wreath on red background surrounded by words, "AMERICAN FEDERATION / OF MUSICIANS" on blue background.

Material:

Metal
Textile
Silk
Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.9 W-2.2 inches

Provenance:

Ralph W. Holt of Nashua, NH (b.1883) was a building contractor. He served seven years in the N.H. 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 N.H. Constitutional Convention.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett

People:

Holt, Ralph (1883-1937)

Subjects:

Musicians, Conventions