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Badge

Badge
Object name 
Badge
Date 
late 19th century
Medium 
gold metal, enamel, grosgrain ribbon
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 x 2 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 10.2 cm )
Description 
An insignia badge of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812. The ribbon of this badge is blue and grey, and has badge pendant from ribbon. There are 2 bars on the ribbon - one marked "New York" and the other "Richard Cornell". The reverse of the badge bears the numbers "9546, 1121"
Credit Line 
Gift of Harry A Heald, In Memory of Edith Franklin Heald
Object Number 
1935.24
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.