Ribbon, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Ribbon, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2017.037.07
- Creator:
- Hodges Badge Company
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1942
- Description:
- Ribbon badge, Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans, 1942. Red silk ribbon printed in gold: "34TH / ENCAMPMENT / DEPARTMENT OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE / AUXILIARY TO / SONS OF UNION / VETERANS OF THE / CIVIL WAR / CONCORD, N.H. / APR. 9-10, 1942". Ribbon attached to metal pin button printed with American flag in color; printed paper label on reverse: "Hodges / Badge Co. / 166 Essex St. / Boston, Mass."; brass pin on back. Paper tag attached to bottom of ribbon, inscribed in pencil, "Mrs / Bonner".
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Metal
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-6.1 W-2.2 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Adeline E. (Gray) Brown Bonner (1887-1946) of Concord, NH, a member of the Department of New Hampshire, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and then by her daughter, Frances L. Brown (1916-2005) of Concord.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sharon Gordon
- Subjects:
- Civil War, Grand Army of the Republic, American flag
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