Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 85
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1940s
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. member badge consisting of a gold metal medallion pin (a) attached to black and purple ribbons (b). At the top is a gold metal bar with a pin-back. The front of the bar features a decorative motif and creates a frame for the word [MEMBER], in black against an ivory background. A round medallion hangs from the bar on two metal chains. The medallion features a raised design around the circumference. On a raised platform at the center is an image of a clock with an elk in the middle. The gold and brown image is set against an ivory background. The bar is attached to two pieces of ribbon, black in front and purple in back, that are sewn together at the top and bottom to form a single piece. Silver text on the bottom half of the black ribbon reads [COLUMBIA / No. 85 / I.B.P.O.E. of the W. / WASHINGTON, D. C.]. Dark gold fringe decorates the bottom of the ribbons.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, 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: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
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: 2013.46.17.5ab
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: metal with plastic, ribbon, and cord
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 × 3 × 1/2 in. (20.3 × 7.6 × 1.3 cm)