Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2008.003.02
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Franco-American fraternal ribbon badge, Union St-Jean-Baptiste d'Amerique, Somersworth, NH, c. 1900. Metal pin at top with celluloid insert imprinted "MEMBRE". Hanging from the pin, on a red, white, and blue ribbon, is a colored metal disk (pin button) with white lettering on a blue border: "L'UNION ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE D'AMERIQUE / FONDEE LE 7 MAI 1900", and a cross and American flag in center. An ornamental brass border is clipped to the button. Also attached to the top pin are two reversible silk ribbons sewn together at top and bottom, with gold metallic fringe at bottom. One ribbon is black with silver lettering: "IN MEMORIAM / CONSEIL / STE. IRENE / NO. 285 / U.S.J.B.A. / SOMERSWORTH / N.H", and a cross surrounded by a wreath. Other ribbon is red with gold metallic edging and gold lettering: "CONSEIL / STE. IRENE / NO. 285 / U.S.J.B.A. / SOMERSWORTH / N.H."
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Metal
Brass
Celluloid - Dimensions:
- H-6.7 W-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased on eBay.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- American flag, Badges, Crosses, Fraternal organizations, Memorials, Mourning, Ribbon badges, Ribbons, Wreaths
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