USWV Encampment Delegate Badge

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

USWV Encampment Delegate Badge

Entry/Object ID

1196 m

Description

Encampment Badge, AUSWV. Material: metal, paper, textile. Size: 1 5/8" W. x 5 1/8" L. Description: gold and red vertically striped ribbon - silver printing across ribbon: "13th Annual State Encampment 7 U.S.W.V. Waseca, Minn. July 9-10-11, 1917" - reverse side silver print: "Torsch & Franz, Baltimore, MD" - suspended from ribbon with gold colored metal loop: gold edged medallion framing a white paper under clear celluloid Gold cross inside green laurel leaf wreath - center graphic: two armed soldiers facing kneeling person - printed in black on each arm of cross: Philippine Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico, U.S.A." and border printed around graphic: "Spanish War Veterans, 1898-1902" - reverse side medallion: black and white photo print of the Thompson Boat Hous and Landing, Waseca, Minnesota.

Context

Waseca County Military - Spanish American War. Organizations - United Spanish War Veterans. Waseca business: Thompson Boat House. From the 1917 Spanish American War convention held in Waseca. Mrs. Nigg was the first president of the Women's Auxiliary in Waseca.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Ribbon, Fraternal

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

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

March 26, 1999

Update Date

January 26, 2026