Badge of California Pioneers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1869
label: associated date
content: 1847-1849
name: label: user
content: Sherman, William Tecumseh
notes: label: Description
content: Gold badge of the Society of California Pioneers, presented to General William T. Sherman by the citizens of California in 1869. A gold gilt pin cast of a bear with a diamond eye and safety pin back. The Society of California Pioneers was a social and historical association with membership open to "pioneers" who came to California before 1849. Sherman served as a United States Army officer in California for several years in the late 1840s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: California
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: William Tecumseh Sherman
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.15954
label: catalog number
content: 15954
label: accession number
content: 59388
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lapel pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gilt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, bag: 6 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 9.525 cm x .635 cm