Fraternal Groups & Societies Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage shoulder patch for American Youth Hostels (AYH), a group started in 1934 in Northfield, Massachusetts. The group was modeled after the German concept from decades earlier of giving young people a pastoral outlet to escape the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s lapel pin for the Greater Beneficial Union (Deutscher Unterst-tzungs Bund), a German-American fraternal organization started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 189The pin is nicely enameled in blue and white and has a rather...

ARTIFACT: This is an Improved Order of Redmen representative medal from the Wahpatuck Tribe of Massachusetts numbered 54 in its original case. The Improved Order of Redmen was founded as a fraternal society in Baltimore in 183The medal has two enameled...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 key fob for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The fob is engraved with the name B.F. MUGRIDGE, and an address of 71 STATE ST., PORTSMOUTH, N.H. At the top of the fob is the society's logo...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old badge for the "United Order of the Golden Cross" fraternal society, a group organized by the Freemasons that admitted both men and women who pledged to abstain from imbibing alcohol. The medal is from the Bradford,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1908 Modern Woodmen of America Illinois branch watch fob. The fob shows the MWA logo (in tree-trunk script) and reads 1908 PEORIA, ILL. CAMP 4th ENCAMP'T S. C. TATT. 722The group is a fraternal life insurance organization...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Improved Order of Redmen watch fob. The Improved Order of Redmen was founded as a fraternal society in Baltimore in 183The fob shows the head of a Native American man in profile along with an eagle and flag and reads T.O.T.E I.O...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s numbered member lapel pin for the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo Inc. Formed in 1892 by some light-hearted businessmen involved in the forestry products industry, the group gave its CEO a title borrowed from...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of 1880s-1890s Knights Templar Captain General (Masonic) shoulder boards. Styled upon the ancient group of warrior-gentlemen who protected Christian travelers to the holy Land, the Knights Templar is a modern-day fraternal...

ARTIFACT: Fun, vintage 1971 Firestone Tires sponsored PRO-AM Professional Bowling Association Tournament of Champions. The participant mug shows the red Firestone logo at the top and beneath the PBA logo two circles, one showing bowling pins and the...

ARTIFACT: Rare, mid-late 1930's Fascist Italy Royal Automobile Club of Italy, enameled car badge for the Provincial Headquarters of Livorno. On original sales card. Note fascia at bottom of badge. VINTAGE: Circa Mid-Late 1930's SIZE: 2 5/8" x 3...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified, unknown 1930's (?) aviation lapel pin with possible ties to the Masons. The lapel pin features three propeller blades with wings on either side and beneath a square, one of the prominent items (the other, a compass) in the emblem...