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Badge

Object Name:
Badge
Object ID:
2020.002.16
Creator:
Whitehead & Hoag CompanyManufacturer
Date:
1898
Description:
Ribbon badge, Knights Templar, Lancaster, NH. Gold silk ribbon, printed in silver, "TWENTY-SEVENTH / TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE / PITTSBURG [sic], PA. / IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. / NORTH STAR / COMMANDERY, / K. T. / LANCASTER, N.H." In center are two printed silver flag poles, one with woven American flag, and one with woven black and white flag. Printed paper label adhered to reverse: "The Whitehead & Hoag Co. / Badges, Buttons, Banners / and Advertising Novelties. / Newark, New Jersey.", with patent dates 1892 to 1896. No pin.
Material:
Textile
Silk
Dimensions:
H-8 W-2.7 inches
Provenance:
The 27th Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar took place in Pittsburgh, PA, October 10-14, 1898.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert Macieski
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