Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Badge |
Catalog Number |
TBMR-530.1 |
Date |
1908 |
Description |
The badge consists of a celluloid on metal button pin and a short length of red and white striped silk ribbon with a fishtail end and gold lettering. The celluloid has a white background with three crossed Confederate flags printed in blue outline with red and blue fill in the center. A Third National pattern flag is on the left; an Army of Northern Virginia pattern flag is in middle; a First National pattern flag is on the right. "FLORIDA DIVISION" is printed in blue above the flags along the top edge of the button. "U. C. V." is printed in blue below the flags along the bottom edge of the button. A straight pin attachment is on the back metal rim. A white paper label with black printing is adhered to the metal back and reads, "Manufactured by / ST. LOUIS BUTTON CO. / St. Louis, Mo. / Pat. Aug. 8, '99 / [union label] / 105." A ribbon with two outer red striped and a center white stripe hangs from the button pin. The following is printed in gold on the ribbon, "EIGHTEENTH / ANNUAL / REUNION / TAMPA, FLA. / OCT. 1908." |
Dimensions |
L-3 inches |
Owned |
Thomas Costa |
Owner Regiment |
Milton's Florida Light Artillery, Co. A, "J. L. Dunham's Co." CSS Chattahoochee |
Made |
St. Louis Button Company |
Provenance |
Thomas Costa wore this reunion badge to the Eighteenth Annual Reunion of the Florida Division, United Confederate Veterans, held in Tampa, Florida in October 1908. |
People |
Costa, Thomas |
Search Terms |
United Confederate Veterans UCV U.C.V. |
Subjects |
reunions veterans |