Membership Badge

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Membership Badge

Entry/Object ID

1994.53.23

Description

GAR membership badge consisting of a round medallion hanging from a stamped metal pin. The pin is shaped like a spread eagle holding a saber over crossed cannons and ten cannonballs. The medallion shows a heraldic shield flanked by horses with the inscription, "G.A.R. ENCAMPMENT LANCASTER 1884". The back of the medallion shows the star-shaped GAR membership medallion.

Context

Worn by Edwin C. Hall of Brookfield, Vermont, to an 1884 GAR State Encampment.

Acquisition

Accession

1994.53

Source or Donor

Hall, Althea

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1884 - 1884

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

Dimensions

Width

1-1/2 in

Length

2-1/2 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hall, Edwin C. (1845-1913)

Person or Organization

Grand Army of the Republic