Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 2019.037
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Badge, Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Silver. Shield-shape badge with raised dome in center, picturing Western Hemisphere encircled by ribbon with bow; stamped "MATRONS" at top; laurel wreath around bottom. Shield is suspended by five-link silver chains from bar pin that is engraved "W.C.T.U." Reverse unmarked.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-1.65 W-1.15 inches Weight-0.2 oz
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor on eBay in 2019, from a seller in Hartford, CT.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Wesley G. Balla
- Subjects:
- Temperance, Badges, Laurel wreath
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