Membership Ribbon

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Membership Ribbon

Entry/Object ID

1928.14

Description

Blue grosgrain ribbon attached to a bronze medal. The medal consists of two parts: a top bar and a medallion. The bar is molded to the shape of a spread eagle standing on a shield. Beneath it are the words, "ASSISTANT SERGEANT AT ARMS" within a rectangle. Hanging from the bar by a chain is a round medallion over a fasces. At the center of the medallion is the cupola of the capital building in Cleveland, Ohio, and the the inscription, "REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVETION / CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1924".

Context

Worn by the Assistant Sergeant at Arms at the 1924 Republican National Convention, during which Calvin Coolidge won the party's nomination for President. Coolidge had become president the year before at the death of President Warren G. Harding.

Acquisition

Accession

1928.14

Acquisition Method

Unknown

Made/Created

Manufacturer

The Whitehead & Hoag Co.

Date made

1924

Place

City

Newark

State/Province

New Jersey

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Ribbon, Membership

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Ribbon, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4-3/4 in

Width

1-7/8 in

Depth

3/4 in

Material

Metal, Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)

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