Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 135
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. Wide purple ribbon with gold text at the bottom: [TRI-CITY / LODGE NO. 135 / I.B.P.O.E. OF W. / EASTON, PA.]. A black ribbon is stitched to the back of the purple one, with the same text in silver. The ribbons are decorated with dark gold fringe at the bottom. 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 an colored image of two hands shaking against a white background. Metal chains connect the top bar to a white metal bar with [MEMBER] in black surrounded by a leaf motif. Below, a gold medallion is attached from two (2) chains. The medallion features wings at the top, a white & black clock at the center with gold lettering, and a bronze elk head.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 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: 2013.46.17.6
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, cord
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 in. (21.6 × 6 × 1 cm)