Delegate ribbon used by a Grand United Order of Odd Fellows member: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A delegate ribbon used by a Grand United Order of Odd Fellows member from Maryland at a convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The ribbon is black and orange with black and gold text. The ribbon has a suspension brooch at top. It has a decorative gold border with an orange interior. Black text at the center of the brooch reads “Baltimore.” Text below the suspension brooch reads “DELEGATE / TO / B.M.C.” A symbol at the center of the ribbon depicts a triple linked chain above an all-seeing eye. Text at the bottom of the ribbon reads “ATLANTIC CITY / N. J. / SEPT, 14-19 / 1908.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1908
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
• Type: ribbon bars
• Medium: ribbon, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 6 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/16 in. (17 × 6 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2013.180.2.6
• 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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