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Boy Scout badge
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1940-1965
- Materials:
- cloth, metal
- Measurements:
- overall: 4 in x 1 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0564
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
Boy Scout medal features a bronze bar across the top embossed with stars and a shield on the front and with an attached pinback. A red ribbon with a notched end hangs from the bar. A shorter red, white, and blue silk American flag ribbon drapes from the bar and has an attached bronze medal embossed with Abraham Lincoln's right profile. The medal reads, "1809-1865, Abraham Lincoln." "Scout, walked in Lincoln's steps" is embossed on the reverse. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum