Badge, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Badge, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2019.018
- Date:
- 2019
- Description:
- Commemorative badge, New Hampshire Lafayette Day, May 20, 2019. White fabric-covered button on black and white silk cockade. Button fabric imprinted "Honoring General Lafayette / MAY 20, 2019", with image of green Lafayette Elm tree. Black felt on back of cockade. Two rectangular metal plates on the felt, attached to each other with two round magnets. Outer plate stamped "CAUTION / MAGNETIC DEVICE". Printed paper tag attached to plates with a ribbon. Tag reads, "NEW HAMPSHIRE / LAFAYETTE DAY / May 20, 2019", followed by history of the American/French alliance cockade (combines the black American cockade with the white French cockade).
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Metal - Dimensions:
- D-0.8 Dia-3.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented at the New Hampshire Lafayette Day ceremony at the State House, May 20, 2019. Speakers included Governor Chris Sununu, French Consul General Arnaud Mentré, and Lafayette Trail Founder/Director Julien P. Icher. The program included the dedication of the Lafayette Elm on the State House lawn.
Donated by Alan R. Hoffman, President of the American Friends of Lafayette. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Alan R. Hoffman
- Subjects:
- Commemorative objects, Cockades, Elms
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