Collection Highlights
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
1954.11
Leather, metal, glass, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badges (3)
Object name
Badges (3)
Date
1914-1920
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Three metal pin-back badges June 1950 (2)"NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE"; copper; image of an eagle; (1) "AMERICAN DEFENSE SOCIETY"; red, white and blue.
Object Number
INV.4275
Gallery Label
In 1918, the American Defense Society was formed as a vigilante pro American anticommunist organization. These button were worn to oppose U.S. involvement in World War I.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
