pendant
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
notes: label: Description
content: This is a pendant distributed by the Chinese Nationalist government. The text on the pendant reads: “Overseas Nationalist Party Members of Ontario, Canada / 1928 (the 17th year of the Republic / Remembering the Purchase Aircraft to Fight Japan.” The sun on the back of the pendant represents the emblem of the Nationalist government.
label: Description
content: It was common for the Chinese Nationalist government at the time to raise money from expatriate Chinese to purchase military equipment to support the efforts to combat Japanese aggression. This pendent was likely given to the donor’s grandfather to recognize a contribution to the fundraising efforts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
label: Subject
content: Asian Americans
label: Subject
content: Chinese Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0268.33
label: accession number
content: 2019.0268
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0268.33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pendant
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.76 cm x 3.23 cm x .23 cm; 1 15/32 in x 1 9/32 in x 3/32 in