Medal

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Medal

Entry/Object ID

90.81.17

Description

Material: metal, textile. Size: 2" diameter medal x 34 1/4" L. cord. Description: gray medallion - red and white cord - engraved motto on both sides: "We command you to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan" - three link symbol on one side and letters: "FLT", an open Bible, IOOF figures and symbols and the words: "The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Indepentent Order of Odd Fellows 1834."

Context

Waseca organization: Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), a secret society for the mutual aid and benefit of the members, originated in England in the 18th Century.. From Levene Peterson Estate. Donor is his son.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Medal

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Decoration of Honor

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Award

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Deaccession

D.90.81.17

Create Date

March 24, 1999

Update Date

November 21, 2024