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Ingham County Soldiers and Sailors Association badge
- Creator:
- St. Louis Button Co.
- Location:
- Missouri, St. Louis
- Origin Date:
- 1912
- Materials:
- cloth, metal
- Measurements:
- overall: 6 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0685
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
Badge features a hanging circular medallion with attached ribbons. The rectangular bar pin features blue print on a white ground that reads "Member" and a metal ornamented frame. The medallion hanging from the bar on short chains features a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln in an ornamental metal frame. Attached to the medallion are two red ribbons with silver print that reads "Ingham County Soldiers and Sailors Association" and "46th Annual Reunion Mason, Michigan Sept. 18-19, 1912". The back of the rectangular pin features a safety pin mechanism for pinning. There is also engraved print that reads "St. Louis Button Co. St. Louis, MO". The back of the circular medallion has inserted paper with print that reads "Manufactured by St. Louis Button Co. St. Louis, MO. Pat. Aug. 8,'99". Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum