Memorium ribbon for the G.U.O.O.F Lodge No. 4997: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

In memoriam ribbon for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 4997. The ribbon is black with white text on the front and blue with gold text on the back. The ribbon has faded gold fringe at the bottom and a suspension brooch at top. The suspension brooch is white with black text. It has a gold metal border. Text on the brooch reads “MOST NOBLE GOVERNOR.” White text on the front at top reads “In Memoriam.” Below this is an image of a sickle and sheaf of wheat in white. Below the image in white text is “ST. CECELIA / Household of Ruth / NO. 4997 / G.U.O. of O. F. / MILFORD, DELAWARE.” The back of the ribbon has a white ribbon and medal attached to the suspension brooch. The medal is white with a gold border. At the center of the medal is a sickle and sheaf of wheat in gold. The back of the ribbon is blue with gold text. The text reads “ST. CECELIA / Household of Ruth / NO. 4997 / G.U.O. of O. F. / MILFORD, DELAWARE.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1910
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
• Type: ribbon bars
• Medium: ribbon, metal, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 3/16 in. (21 × 6 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: Milford, Kent County, Delaware, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2013.180.2.4
• 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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