Delegate badge for IBPOEW convention
date: label: Date
content: August 1949
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Issued by
content: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
notes: label: Description
content: I.B.P.O.E. of W. delegate badge. At the top is a rectangular, gold-colored metal bar with a pin back. The front of the bar forms a frame for a white piece of paper bearing black text that reads [DELEGATE]. A removable purple ribbon is attached through a hook on the reverse. The ribbon has gold text on the front that reads [GOLDEN JAMBOREE / 50TH CONVENTION / IB.P.O.E.W. / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA / AUGUST 21-27 / 1949]. The ribbon is folded in half, holding a metal loop that connects it to a round, gold medal. The medal features a design in relief of a suspension bridge and covered wagons with text at the top, [I.B.P.O.E.W.] and bottom [1949]. In the center is an image of an elk's head enclosed in a circle.
place: label: Place used
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Men
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.46.17.3
objectType: label: Type
content: badges
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ribbon, metal, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 5/16 in. (12.4 × 5.7 × 0.8 cm)