Membership Ribbon

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Membership Ribbon

Entry/Object ID

1933.3.1

Description

Membership ribbon consisting of a blue grosgrain ribbon with white edges and a gold medallion in the shape of a spread eagle. The medallion is in the shape of an eagle perched on a laurel wreath with an emblem on its body. The leaves of the laurel wreath are enameled green, and the eagle's head and central emblem are enameled white. Both sides of the medallion are molded and enameled.

Context

Owned by Horace Bucklin Sawyer of Burlington, Vermont, to show his membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. The Society was formed by French and American officers who fought in the American Revolutionary War and is open to their descendants.

Acquisition

Accession

1933.3

Source or Donor

Sawyer, Philip (1868-1949)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1852

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

Width

1-1/2 in

Length

4-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Medallion

Length

1-3/4 in

Material

Silk, Gold

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Society of the Cincinnati

Person or Organization

Sawyer, Horace Bucklin (1797-1860)

Related Places

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America