overall, bag: 6 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 9.525 cm x .635 cm
Object Name:
lapel pin
Associated place:
United States: California
Date made:
ca 1869
Associated date:
1847-1849
Description:
Gold badge of the Society of California Pioneers, presented to General William T. Sherman by the citizens of California in 1869. A gold gilt pin cast of a bear with a diamond eye and safety pin back. The Society of California Pioneers was a social and historical association with membership open to "pioneers" who came to California before 1849. Sherman served as a United States Army officer in California for several years in the late 1840s.
