Delegate badge for IBPOEW convention: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

I.B.P.O.E. of W. delegate badge. At the top is a rectangular, gold-colored metal bar with a pin back. The front of the bar forms a frame for a white piece of paper bearing black text that reads [DELEGATE]. A removable purple ribbon is attached through a hook on the reverse. The ribbon has gold text on the front that reads [GOLDEN JAMBOREE / 50TH CONVENTION / IB.P.O.E.W. / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA / AUGUST 21-27 / 1949]. The ribbon is folded in half, holding a metal loop that connects it to a round, gold medal. The medal features a design in relief of a suspension bridge and covered wagons with text at the top, [I.B.P.O.E.W.] and bottom [1949]. In the center is an image of an elk's head enclosed in a circle.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 1949
• Created by: Unidentified
• Issued by: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
• Type: badges
• Medium: ribbon, metal, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 4 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 5/16 in. (12.4 × 5.7 × 0.8 cm)
• Place used: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2013.46.17.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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