Badge for the 36th American Legion Annual Convention

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A badge for the 36th American Legion Annual National Convention owned by John Roland Anderson. The badge consists of a gold tone bar holding a short, silk ribbon that is attached to a bronze colored badge. The gold tone bar is rectangular shaped with a pin and a C clasp closure on the back. The ribbon is crimped to the front of the bar on each side. Below the pin is an olive green ribbon with a wide navy center stripe, bookended by two, thin, rainbow stripes. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon with two jump rings is a badge. The badge is tablet shaped and is primarily bronze tone with blue enamel accents. The embossed obverse of the medal centrally features an image of George Washington set inside an oval frame embellished with five point stars. On either side of the image of Washington are two vertical bands of laurel leaves.

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