Rare Book and Texana Collections

Highlights of specific items in the collections:

National Society Sons of the American Revolution
Delegate's Badge for the 1914 25th Congress of the Society, Syracuse, New York.
Syracuse, N.Y. : Sons of the American Revolution, 1914.
Manufactured by Bastain Brothers Co., Rochester, N.Y.
TXSSAR Badges National 1914

Delegate's Badge, 25th National Congress, Sons of the American Revolution

Throughout the first half of the 20th century, delegates and their families attending the Annual Congresses of the Sons of the American Revolution would receive ornate badges to wear as name-badges, and as souvenirs of the Congress. 

Pendant medal

This particular example, from the 25th Congress, held in Syracuse, New York,  features a view of the Old Arsenal below a representation of the Society's badge. 

Reverse of pendant.

The reverse of the pendant shows the mark of the maker, Bastain Brothers Co., of Rochester, New York.

The Medal is suspended from a ribbon of white, blue and yellow - the colors of the society.  This example is lacking the pin by which it would have been worn.

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