Delegate medal for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America
date: label: Date
content: 1914
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Bastian Brothers Company, American, founded 1895
label: Subject of
content: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
notes: label: Description
content: A Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America medal. The medal has a large suspension brooch with attached to the medal. The suspension brooch has an all-seeing eye over a scale at top. Below the eye and scale is a triple linked chain with “FLT” inside the links. Two crossed axes are behind the chain. Engraved text below the chain reads “DELEGATE G.U.O.O.F. / 17th. B. M. C. / BOSTON, MASS. SEPT. 14-18-1914.” A heart and hand symbol is below the text. Attached to suspension brooch is square medal. The medal has an image of marching soldiers engraved on it. A soldier on a horse is at the center of the medal. A winged angel is flying above the soldiers. The back of the medal is engraved with a maker’s mark.
place: label: Place made
content: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
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, Gift of Michael P. Musick in memory of Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.180.2.13
objectType: label: Type
content: medals
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 13/16 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (7.2 × 4.5 × 1 cm)