Name/Title
District Deputy Pin, Daughters of St. George, Golden Poppy Lodge, c. 1961Entry/Object ID
1985.91.2Description
Acc. No. 85.91.2
Subject Category: Fraternal, Daughters of St. George
Date or Period. C: 1961
Object: Pin
Description:
Circular 10K gold pin with incised lettering accentuated in blue "District Deputy." A band of blue enameling with the legion in gold print states "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" surrounds a cut-out of St. George slaying the dragon (emblem of organization) as the central design of the pin.
Size: C-1 inches.
History of Object: Fraternal pin of Edith McGinnis, Past District Deputy of the Alameda Lodge Daughters of St. George. The Alameda branch was established in 1922 and disbanded in 1976.
Note: the pin is contained in its original blue box lined with blue colored velvet.
Acquired from: Mrs. Edith McGinnis
Date: 11-20-85Interpretative Labels
Label
4/22/2020 MvL: current label: LODGE MEMORABILIA
Order of Daughters
of Saint George
A civic group whose members
were women of English extraction.
