Membership Ribbon

Name/Title

Membership Ribbon

Entry/Object ID

1986.18.70ee

Description

Membership ribbon consisting of a bar, ribbon, and medallion. The bar is molded with the letters GAR surrounded by the enameled inscription, "DELEGATE 35TH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT". A small round medallion hangs from the bar and is molded with a scene of a meadow with a river. The ribbon is gold. A large gold medallion hangs from the ribbon and molded into the shape of a classical temple with the GAR membership ribbon at the center. The word "CLEVELAND" is above the ribbon.

Context

Worn by a delegate, likely Charles Branch, to the 1901 GAR National Encampment in Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition

Accession

1986.18

Source or Donor

Branch, Mary C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1901

Place

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, Fabric

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Branch, Charles Francis, Sr. (1845-1910)

Person or Organization

Grand Army of the Republic

Related Places

Place

City

Cleveland

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America