This item is a black velvet badge with a red satin carnation in the center and a French phrase in gold text going around it with a gold rope border. The text is, "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pensi X." It means, "Shame on him who thinks ill of it." or "Evil be to him who evil thinks." On the back is red material with a makers mark of Edwin Booth, Badge Manufac'r Brooklyn. 253 Court Street. 3 inch diameter.
