1930s YMCA Basic Level Swimming Award Lapel Pin

This is a circa 1930s (YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association "Basic" level swimming award lapel pin. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years later the first American YMCA was set up at the old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts by a former sea captain. The pin shows a youth diving through the YMCA's triangle logo.

Circa 1930s.

Approximately 5/8" in diameter.

Plated brass.

Lapel stud.

None.

This is from a YMCA collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. ebay VAL13 LACX7/13 SeBEX8/15

7 (Very Fine): The pin has some small apots of wear and tarnish.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.