Membership Badge

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Membership Badge

Entry/Object ID

1960.156

Description

Two-piece membership badge. The top piece is a bar pin with a shield at the center. The bar is molded with the word "BOSTON" split on either side of the shield. The shield has stars at the top and stripes at the bottom and is molded with the Faneuil Hall building. The bottom piece is shield shaped and hangs from the top piece by an eye ring. It is molded with a GAR membership ribbon (an eagle, a flag ribbon, and a star-shaped medallion) and the inscription, "G.A.R / 51st NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT / 1917".

Context

Worn by Horace Wheeler as a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a society for Union Army veterans, to the 1917 GAR National Encampment

Acquisition

Accession

1960.156

Source or Donor

Wheeler, Horace L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

The Whitehead & Hoag Co.

Date made

1917

Place

City

Newark

State/Province

New Jersey

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Badge, Membership

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Badge, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Grand Army of the Republic