Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Badge |
Catalog Number |
TBMR-212.1 |
Date |
1908 |
Description |
A 3 part commemorative badge. On the top is a stamped brass ornate rectangle made of paper with a celluloid cover which reads: "SOUVENIR." A rectangular red and white striped satin ribbon printed with gold letters that reads: "CONFEDERATE REUNION BIRMINGHAM, ALA JUNE 9-13, '08" It is connected to a shield made of stamped brass with a brass frame with multicolored white paper that has portraits of Winnie Davis and Robert E. Lee with flags printed in color under a clear celluloid cover. On the back is a clasp pin soldered to the back. |
Dimensions |
W-1.5 L-4.5 inches |
Owned |
Alvin C. Fry |
Made |
Philadelphia Badge Company |
Provenance |
A badge from the 18th Confederate reunion, Birmingham, Alabama June 9-13, 1908. |
People |
Fry, Alvin C. Lee, Robert E. Davis, Varina Anne (Winnie) |
Subjects |
reunions veterans |