Theatre-Made WWI Young MenÕs Christian Association (YMCA) Stick Pin NO LONGER AVAILABLE

This is a World War I theatre-made YMCA stick pin with the group's enameled red and blue triangle logo. 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.

Circa World War I.

Approximately 1-1/4" in height and 13/16" in width.

Gold-plated brass with enamel.

Stick pin.

This is from a humanitarian collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VEX02 LCEX11/10 SCEX12/14

7 (Very Fine): The pin has small spots of light to moderate wear and tarnish; end of pin is slightly bent.

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