Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2014.046.10
- Creator:
- Davison, Joseph K.
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1883-1900
- Description:
- Union veterans auxiliary badge. Bronze medallion suspended from red, white, and blue silk ribbon. Ribbon suspended from bronze bar pin that reads "ASUV AUXILIARY". Medallion has circular center with eagle, laurel wreath, and text, "AUXILIARY TO SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR / 1883". Extending from circle are four cross arms and pair of crossed cannons. In original white cardboard box; cover imprinted "JOS. K. DAVISON'S SONS, INC. / 210 S. 13TH STREET / PHILADELPHIA / U. S. A."
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-2.5 W-1.3 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Mary Snow Chapman (1855-1909), wife of Joseph C. Chapman (1843-1920) of Windsor, NH, member of Company G, 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, during Civil War.
- People:
- Chapman, Joseph C. (1843-1920)
- Subjects:
- Civil War, Eagle, Laurel wreath, Crosses, Cannons, Veterans' organizations
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