Societies Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a 14 karat gold membership badge for the Daughters of the American Revolution society with an ancestor bar reading COLONEL BENJAMIN HINMAN. A banner at the top of the pin reads EX CHAPTER REGENT wit MOLLY STARK engraved below. The...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1837 dated membership certificate for the Boston Marine Society, the oldest sea captain association anywhere. The group had already been known for 67 years as the The Fellowship Club when it adopted its current name in 180This...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War I-period Travelers Aid Society member badge. This crest-shaped badge reads TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY and shows a tree reminiscent of a dandelion. The Society first began in the mid-nineteenth century to aid people...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s sterling silver lapel pin for the Quiet Birdmen, a secret society for male aviators. The club was founded in 1921 in New York City by a handful of World War I veteran pilots. The pin is enameled in blue and reads QB at its...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s sterling silver lapel pin for the Quiet Birdmen, a secret society for male aviators. The club was founded in 1921 in New York City by a handful of World War I veteran pilots. The pin is enameled in blue and reads QB at its...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa early 20th century pin, possibly for a fraternal or mystical order. The small oblong pin is in enameled 14 karat gold and shows an eagle's head, a goat's head and a small fire or flame. VINTAGE: Circa early 20th...

ARTIFACT: This is an intriguing and unidentified lapel pin from Denver, Colorado for an organization with the abbreviation A.A.G.B.A., possibly a benevolent association. The pin is a bright blue enameled Knight's cross with the Seal of the State of...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD), or simply Mayflower Society, medal named to Richard H. (Howland) Maxwell of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Maxwell, who passed away in 2003, was a descendant of Mayflower voyager and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s lapel pin for the American Philatelic Society, a stamp collecting organization created September 14, 188The pin shows a classical figure seated by a globe, reading a book. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is an early (circa 1945) membership lapel pin for the Instrument Society of America (ISA). Founded in 1945, the ISA strove to set industry standards and disperse information about the growing of post-war industrial instruments. The pin...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1923 Scabbard & Blade Society Member Badge named to Hubert Smith Co. A, 2nd Regiment. The pin is an eagle with two crossed sabers and the letters V λ (lambda) on his breast and is made of 14K gold and pearls. Scabbard and Blade...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver medallion for the Loyal League, presented to a chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. It reads ONE FLAG ONE COUNTRY and has a maker's mark on reverse. It dates from the 1910's or 1920's. VINTAGE: Circa 1910's -...