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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1916

GUSN

GUSN-194608

Description

Small badge with a burgandy ribbon and gold name plate with a hanging circular medal that is red and white with the Harvard seal on it.

Details

Descriptive Terms

badges
satin
metal
Badge

Inscription

"PHILLIPS "95" (Handwritten in black ink on white paper)
"ACADEMIAE / HARVARDIANAE / IN / NOV / ANG / SIGILLVM / CHRISTO / ET / ECCLESIAE / VE / RI / TAS" (Stamped on the hanging medal and filled in with red and white)
"WHITEHEAD & HOAG NEWARK, N.J." (Engraved on the back on the name plate)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Newark, New Jersey

Dimensions

1 5/8 (W), 1 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2736

Places

New Jersey (United States)
Newark (Essex county, New Jersey)

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