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Fri, Jun 13, 2025 01:00PM EDT
Lot 3096

Society of Colonial Dames Named Medal, Rhode Island

Estimate: $500 - $800

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Society of Colonial Dames Named Medal, Rhode Island. Bailey Banks & Biddle 14k gold medal with enameled decoration, on pink and blue ribbon with pin reading "RHODE ISLAND", the reverse inscribed with "Mabel Elizabeth Greene no 392 1926"; the front of the medal reads "NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA", the reverse with "FILIAE CONSERVANT VIRTUES MAJORUM". Eagle reverse with "BB&B / 14k". 1926. {Approximate dimensions: 3" high x 1 1/8" wide.} {Approximate total weight: 16 grams.}.

Condition

Fading to ribbon. Pin with very minor rubbing, medal with minimal apparent wear.

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Daniel B. Dyer (1849 - 1912), a prominent business man and Indian agent, whose homes Chateau la Vert in Augusta, and Clarendon in Kansas City, Missouri were self published in the early 1900s. Thence by descent.

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