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A Harvard badge with a burgandy ribbon and a plain gold colored plate that has white paper with handwriting on it. The medal itself is a large H with a '95 an the Harvard seal. It is attached to the manufacturer's cardboard label.
badges
metal
ribbon (material)
Badge
"PHILLIPS" (On white paper with black writing)
"H / '95 / ACADEMAE / HARVARDIANAE / IN / NOV / ANG / SIGILLVM / CHRISTO / ET/ ECCLESIAE / VE/ RI/ TAS" (Harvard pin and logo)
"WHITEHEAD - HOAG" (Stamped on back)
"THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. / ENAMEL, METAL AND RIBBON BADGES / ADVERTISING NOVELTIES, BUTTONS, GOLD AND ENAMEL EMBLEMS / LEATHER GOODS / 3" (Green writing on a cardboard that the badge is attached to)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Harvard University
The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
Newark, New Jersey
1 7/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2756
New Jersey (United States)
Newark (Essex county, New Jersey)
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