Name/Title
Cabinet for Membership Badges, Derby Lodge 285, St. George, prior 2007Entry/Object ID
2007.34.68Description
ACC. NO. 07.34.68
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FRATERNAL; SONS OF SAINT GEORGE
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: CABINET, BADGES
DESCRIPTION:
A CABINET WHICH APPEARS TO BE MADE OF FIR, WITH A STAINED AND VARNISH FINISH. INTERIOR OF CABINET HAS PANELS WHICH CONTAIN INDIVIDUAL BADGES, SUPPORTED BY NAILS. BADGES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY GOLD-PLATED, WITH ENAMELING IN A NAVY-BLUE COLOR. CENTRAL MOTIF OF MEDAL IS SIGNED, "SAINT GEORGE SLAYING A DRAGON." EACH MEDAL HAS A SUPPORTING BAR THAT READS, "MEMBER."
SIZE: L 30" X W 12"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A CABINET WHICH CONTAINED MEMBERSHIP BADGES TO BE WORN BY INDIVIDUALS FROM THE DERBY LODGE NO. 285, SONS OF SAINT GEORGE, ALAMEDA. ALL MEMBERS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE BEEN OF ENGLISH EXTRACTION.
DONOR: UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 8, 2007
