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Knights of Pythias Badge
1908
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
USA: New Jersey, Newark
Lead, silk, celluloid, glass
overall: 4 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.; 12.065 x 4.445 cm
Gift of Mrs. Virginia S. Maunder
80.38.4

Knights of Pythias badge with gilded lead hanger reading "F/ C/ B/ BOSTON 1908"; blue, yellow, and red striped silk ribbon with suspended celluloid and mirror portion; design on front shows Native American man greeting men in boat, anchor; reads "F/ C/ B/ HOPE/ KNIGHTS/ OF PYTHIAS/ OF RHODE ISLAND"; reverse has mirror; paper label on reverse reads: "BADGES, BANNERS/ BUTTONS/ WHITEHEAD/ AND/ HOAG CO./ NEWARK, N.J./ ADVERTISING NOVELTIES".



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