Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Badge |
Catalog Number |
1935.068.00023 |
Date |
1931 |
Description |
A 5 part commemorative badge. On the top is a crested oval ladder cast in bronze with 2 bars that are also cast in bronze. It is colored bright "gold" and has a picture of "Battle Abbey" with a celluloid cover. The 1st bar reads "BRIGADE CMD'R" and the second bar reads "NORTH CAROLINA". The ladder is attached to a circle on a cross with rays. There is a depiction of a ship on water with the letters "S.C.V." above it and "Alabama (inserted here is a portrait ?) C.S.N" underneath it. Surrounding the depiction are the words: "35th REUNION MONTGOMERY 1931" with 2 stars. Behind the badge, and attached to the top, is a solid red satin ribbon with the word: "DELEGATE" in gold. The ribbon then connects directly to the badge. There is a clasp pin on the back of the bar-pin. The manufacturer's name and cast is also on the back of the metal parts. |
Owned |
Walter L. Hopkins |
Made |
Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey, USA |
Provenance |
A commemorative badge commemorating the 35th reunion of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Montgomery, Alabama in 1931.[Brigade Commander - North Carolina Badge] |
People |
Hopkins, Walter L. |
Search Terms |
Sons of Confederate Veterans SCV S.C.V. |
Subjects |
reunions veterans |