Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 135: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

I.B.P.O.E. of W. member badge. Wide purple ribbon with gold text at the bottom: [TRI-CITY / LODGE NO. 135 / I.B.P.O.E. OF W. / EASTON, PA.]. A black ribbon is stitched to the back of the purple one, with the same text in silver. The ribbons are decorated with dark gold fringe at the bottom. At the top is a gold metal bar with a pin-back. The front of the bar features a decorative motif and creates a frame for an colored image of two hands shaking against a white background. Metal chains connect the top bar to a white metal bar with [MEMBER] in black surrounded by a leaf motif. Below, a gold medallion is attached from two (2) chains. The medallion features wings at the top, a white & black clock at the center with gold lettering, and a bronze elk head.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1940s
• Created by: Unidentified
• Issued by: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
• Type: badges
• Medium: ribbon, metal, cord
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 in. (21.6 × 6 × 1 cm)
• Place depicted: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2013.46.17.6
• 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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