1930s YMCA Basic Level Swimming Award Lapel Pin
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1930s YMCA Basic Level Swimming Award Lapel Pin

Code: mhy10011b


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Product Description

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ARTIFACT: 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.

VINTAGE: Circa 1930s.

SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Plated brass.

ATTACHMENT: Lapel stud.

MARKINGS: None.

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

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

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