Badge

Object Name:

Badge

Object ID:

2015.023.39

Date:

2000

Description:

Masonic ribbon badge, 50-year member. On backing with two small pins (25 and 50 years membership). Presented to Hibbert V. Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH.
Masonic ribbon badge: circular silver medallion suspended from blue ribbon, which is attached to silver bar pin with raised lettering, "VETERAN". Medallion has Masonic crest on obverse, with lettering, "SEAL OF THE GRAND LODGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE / 1789". Reverse: "FIFTY YEAR / MEMBER / PRESENTED TO / HIBBERT V. MILES / IN / 2000".
Pins: Triangular shield badge, with enameled blue border, "NEW HAMPSHIRE / F. & A.M. / XX YEARS", XX being 25 and 50 for the silver and gold pins, respectively. Center of pin bears masonic symbol.
Backing: vertical rectangle, faux leather, black; bottom corners are rounded.

Material:

Metal
Textile
Enamel

Dimensions:

H-5.2 W-2.8 D-0.6 inches

Provenance:

Presented to Master Sergeant Hibbert Vaughn Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942. He was an Administrative Specialist serving at several air bases in the U.S., then, in 1944, in the China-Burma-India theater and in the Marianas Islands. He received an honorable discharge in 1945. He operated a service station in Milford, NH, before and after the war.

Credit Line:

Gift of the family of Hibbert Vaughn Miles

People:

Miles, Hibbert V. (1915-2001)

Subjects:

World War II, Air forces, Fraternal organizations, Masonic organizations, Army