Membership Badge

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Membership Badge

Entry/Object ID

2022.66.1

Description

Metal membership badge consisting of a bar and medallion. The rectangular bar has an arched banner attached to the top and is engraved with the words, "Howard H. Reid / President 1946". The hexagonal medallion has a blue enameled circle in the middle with the initials NEDS intertwined as a monogram. It is surround by the words, "NEW ENGLAND DENTAL SOCIETY", which is surrounded by the words, "MASSACHUSETTS VERMONT ROHOE ISLAND MAIN CONNECTICUT NEW HAMPSHIRE" clockwise from top.

Context

Worn by Howard H. Reid of Barre, Vermont, as president of the New England Dental Society

Acquisition

Accession

2022.66

Source or Donor

Aldrich Public Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Date made

1946

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Patch, Membership

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Patch, 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

Reid, Howard Hill (1889-1985)

Person or Organization

New England Dental Society

Related Places

Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America