Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Badge |
Catalog Number |
1988.038.00008 |
Date |
1907 |
Description |
The badge is a length of white silk ribbon with gold, red, and blue markings. The bottom of the ribbon has a fishtail end of painted-on fringe. Crossed flags printed in red and blue are above the Virginia State Seal printed in gold on the center of the ribbon. An Army of Northern Virginia pattern flag is on the left; a Virginia State flag is on the right. "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS" is printed in gold between the flags and the seal. The following is printed in gold above the flags, "R. E. LEE / CAMP, NO. 1 / C. V. / RICHMOND, VA." The following is printed in gold below the seal, "RICHMOND, VA. / MAY 30-JUNE 3, 1907." |
Dimensions |
W-2.5 L-7.5 inches |
Owned |
Alexander Jennings |
Owner Regiment |
Co. D, 15th Virginia Infantry |
Made |
Whitehead and Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey, USA |
Provenance |
Alexander Jennings collected this badge worn by a member of the R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, [United] Confederate Veterans, attending the Seventeenth Annual Reunion of the UCV, held in Richmond, Virginia on May 30-June 3, 1907. He was a Sergeant with Co. D, 15th Virginia Infantry. |
People |
Jennings, Alexander |
Search Terms |
U.C.V. UCV United Confederate Veterans |
Subjects |
reunions veterans |