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One of two commemorative badges composed of a striped tricolor (red, white, and blue) ribbon with a silver eagle (with a shield on its breast and arrows in its talon) pin at the top and eight pieces of metallic silver-colored fringe at the bottom. On the face of the ribbon is printed in gold ink a bust-length silhouette of George Washington, right profile in an oval, with "1776" above and "1876" below.
badges
commemoratives
silk (textile)
stamping (forming)
metal
Commemorative
Ribbon, Commemorative
Stamped
Silk
Ribbon, Commemorative
"1776 / 1876" (Printed in gold ink on front)
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),
P750.2
Centennial
Unknown
United States
4 x 1.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Caroline Barr Wade
1987.667.2
Title Commemorative Badge Accession Number 1987.667.1
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