Delegate medal for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America medal. The medal has a large suspension brooch with attached to the medal. The suspension brooch has an all-seeing eye over a scale at top. Below the eye and scale is a triple linked chain with “FLT” inside the links. Two crossed axes are behind the chain. Engraved text below the chain reads “DELEGATE G.U.O.O.F. / 17th. B. M. C. / BOSTON, MASS. SEPT. 14-18-1914.” A heart and hand symbol is below the text. Attached to suspension brooch is square medal. The medal has an image of marching soldiers engraved on it. A soldier on a horse is at the center of the medal. A winged angel is flying above the soldiers. The back of the medal is engraved with a maker’s mark.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1914
• Manufactured by: Bastian Brothers Company, American, founded 1895
• Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
• Type: medals
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 13/16 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (7.2 × 4.5 × 1 cm)
• Place made: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2013.180.2.13
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael P. Musick in memory of Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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