Membership Ribbon

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Membership Ribbon

Entry/Object ID

1936.4.1o

Description

Membership ribbon consisting of a bar, ribbon, and medallion. The bar is gold plated and in the shape of a shoe sole. It has the inscription "POST 5 G. A. R. LYNN MASS." The ribbon is looped and stitched to a wire on the back of the bar, and another wire runs through the ribbon at the bottom, holding a silver medallion in the shape of a woman's boot. The boot has a small heel and buttons up the side.

Context

Worn by a member of the Woman's Relief Corps at the GAR Post in Lynn, Massachusetts

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

Person or Organization

Ladies of the 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

Lynn

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America