Brass-tone medal suspended from ribbon, with separate bar pin covered with matching ribbon with safety pin attachments at back, all mounted on a piece of paperboard. The ribbon is blue in the center, flanked by bands of white, yellow, and red. The medal has an eagle with outspread wings perched on a seal, and, on the facing side, an inscription over foliage.
[medal, eagle side]
State of Colorado
Nil Sine Numine
1876
[facing side]
Colorado National Guard
For active service
[paperboard, front]
The Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Newark, N.J.
Enamel, Metal and ribbon badges
Advertising Novelties, Buttons, Gold and Enamel Emblems
Leather Goods
[paperboard, back]
Have you thought of this?
The badge is often the only
tangible souvenir that remains in
the possession of the member who
attended. Very often hundreds
and thousands of dollars are spent
on music, decorations, flowers,
carriages, automobiles, cigars,
as well as general entertainment,
none of which remain in existence
after the convention is over. The
badge does, however, and aside
from being a souvenir in itself, is
a pleasant reminder of all the
other good times experienced.
In view of these facts, should not
a committee give special attention
to the selection of a badge that
is worth of the occasion? In
view of the large sums of money
that go up in smoke, should a
committee allow the matter of a
few cents to stand in the way of
obtaining a suitable badge?