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Badge

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1924

GUSN

GUSN-194621

Description

Small badge with a burgandy ribbon and a circular medal hanging from the end of the ribbon. The name plate is rectangular with a small "X" patrtern in the sides. The medal has the Harvard seal on it.

Details

Descriptive Terms

badges
metal
satin
Badge

Inscription

"S.W. PHILLIPS '95" (Handwritten in the namer plate in blue on aged white paper)
"ASSOCIATED / HARVARD CLUBS / DETROIT, 1924" (Gold lettering)
"HARVARD CLUB OF MICHIGAN / VERITAS / TVEBOR" (Circular text around the medal and stamped)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

People and Organizations

Harvard University

Maker

The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Newark, New Jersey

Dimensions

1 7/8 (W), 1 1/3 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2741

Places

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

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