I was in awe of this name tag which was posted on Facebook by the Archives of Phi Gamma Delta. It is in excellent condition for being almost a century old. The purple ribbon appears flawless!
This type of circa early 1900s name tag which featured a ribbon attached to a metal frame with a pin back usually do not look this good. The ribbon is often in various stages of deterioration. The “Victory” on the bottom almost certainly refers to the victory of World War I. The war was not over in October of 1917, when a P.E.O. wore the name tag below at a Supreme Convention, but the flag, no doubt, showed support for the war effort.
I would love to put together a post about convention name tags, but I need some help from my readers. Please send photos of convention badges of yore and I will do my best to write a post about the evolution of convention badges.
This was just sent to me. It’s another purple ribbon in excellent shape!
Meanwhile, here are some photos of name tags that are in my dropbox.
A name tag from the 1977 Alpha Gamma Delta convention.
And here’s a throwback to a more recent convention with the name tag and ribbons like many of us have worn. And yes, that is Mary Tatum, a former Grand President of Pi Beta Phi, on the right.
