1883 S of V Obverse of the Ladies Aid Society Bronze ? Badge Missing Ribbon
$16.00
Obverse of the Ladies Aid Society bronze? badge. the top is a bar pin and the bottom is like a pendant.
It is missing the red white and blue original ribbon which most likely deteriorated with age. This must be bronze due to the age. A magnet does not stick to the pendant.
This is what I found on the net about this badge and the English translation of the Latin on the badge:
The front:
S. OF V. AUXILIARY
VENERAMUS ET SUCCURRIMUS MDCCCLXXXIII (1883)
AUXILIARES - FEMINEAE - SOCIATATES - FILII - VETERANORUM
USA (monogram)
The back:
J. K. DAVISON PHILA. (on back)
"Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic:
The Auxiliary-to the Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War
The Allied Orders, five in all, are comprised of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and four ladies groups (Women’s Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Daughters of Union Veterans, and the Auxiliary to the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. The last to start nationally was a ladies organization to compliment the Sons of Veterans. This occurred in 1883 in Philadelphia with the assistance of the Sons of Veterans of the U.S.A. founder, A.R Davis, who formed the Sons of Veterans in 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
It measures 1 1/2" long. It is in incredible shape for its age. Again, it is missing the ribbon.
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