Membership Ribbon

Name/Title

Membership Ribbon

Entry/Object ID

1936.4.1e

Description

Membership ribbon consisting of an ornate gold bar, a yellow ribbon, and a gold medallion. The bar has the inscription, "28th NATL. ENCPMT. SEPT. 1884" and the monogram WRC. A yellow satin-woven ribbon is looped over a wire on the back and stitched in place, leaving the opposite ends loose. Two small chains connect a large medallion framed with sun rays and a laurel wreath. At the center is the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. The back of the medallion reads, "SOUVENIR PRESENTED BY CITIZENS EXECUTIVE BOARD PITTSBURGH".

Context

Worn to the 1884 GAR National Encampment by Mrs. Baker, president of the GAR Brooks Post Dept. 18 in Montpelier, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1936.4

Source or Donor

Baker, Gertrude Sargent Clark (1869-1946)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

King & Eisele

Place

City

Buffalo

State/Province

New York

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

Material

Metal, Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Women's Relief Corps

Person or Organization

Grand Army of the Republic

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Place

City

Pittsburgh

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America