Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Badge |
Catalog Number |
1929.010.00001 |
Date |
1907 |
Description |
A 2 part commemorative badge. On the top is ornate oval bronze bar-pin with the words "VETERAN U.C.V. RICHMOND, 1907." It is connected via 1 chain loop to a bronze round medal with a depiction of the Jefferson Davis Monument surrounded on each side by laurel wreaths with scrolls attached to them that read: "1861" and "1865." Surrounding the depiction are the words: "TO JEFFERSON DAVIS PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA". The red satin ribbon is folded and pinned to a card. It reads: "1907-KENTUCKY." |
Dimensions |
W-1.5 Dia-1.5 inches |
Owned |
Anne Mason Lee |
Made |
Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey, USA |
Event |
Monument unveiling - Jefferson Davis, Richmond, VA, 1907 |
Provenance |
A commemorative badge commemorating the 17th annual U.C.V. reunion in Richmond, Virginia May 30-June 3, 1907. Worn by a Kentuckian at the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis monument, June 3, 1907. |
People |
Lee, Anne Mason Davis, Jefferson |
Search Terms |
U.C.V. UCV United Confederate Veterans Jefferson Davis monument - unveiling Monument - Jefferson Davis, Richmond, VA, 1907 Monument Avenue |
Subjects |
reunions veterans |