United States. A Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century Badge in Gold, c.1900

In 14K Gold with red, white and blue enamels, weighing 9.9 grams, marked ""J.F.CR09"", ""14K"" (Gold) and engraved ""LOUIE F.B. HELFFRICH / 802"" on the reverse, 33.5 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), original ribbon, horizontal pinback on the badge, intact enamels, extremely fine.

Footnote: The Society of The Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century was founded by Mrs. Harland Page Halsey of Brooklyn, New York. She recognized the value and advantage of patriotic societies, concluded that it would be an excellent idea to organize a society having in view the special commemoration of men and women and events covering the colonial period in our country’s history - a society where membership should include, exclusively, descendants of the very earliest settlers who had rendered distinguished services prior to 1700, hence the name: Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century. Mrs. Halsey gathered several ladies who could trace their colonial ancestry to those who met the above qualifications and this group adopted a Constitution and set of Bylaws. The Charter of the Society was signed by the Secretary of State in Albany, New York, and a Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 5, 1896, was forwarded to the Society making the Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century a legal organization. The first social gathering of the Society, a colonial tea and musical, was held at the home of the President on November 27, 1896. This event was extremely successful and the purposes and prospects of the Society became more widely known. Many applications for membership were received. As chapters were added, the General Assembly became Founders Chapter, and on December 14, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York, the General Society officially changed its name to the ""National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Inc."" The fifteen founding members established a tradition of perpetuating the memory of those brave and hardy men and women who bore the burden of establishing the colonies of America and laid the foundations upon which the Republic of the United States of America now stands.

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