a. New York University music pin with G-clef in center.Burnished gold color with uneven edge. Hinged pin and clasp on back.
b. Gold metal Shriner Crescent Saber pin with Eygptian head at top of a crescent moon whose horns have a saber between them. 6 tiny pearls on saber. Hinged pin and clasp on back as well as what looks like an engraved "B."
c. Weber Goldsmith and Silversmith jewelry box. Outside covered in pearl-colored shiny paper with gold edging around top. Gold crest on top says "Established in 1872." Impressed onto the box bottom: " Boxes by/ Dennison/ U.S.A." Inside, the bottom is covered with pale yellow velvet. The top, with pale gold satin is stamped with same crest in red. Below: "Weber/ Goldsmith & Silversmith/ 40-42 No. Queen St./ Lancaster, Penna."
"Lancaster Horse Show Limited" encircles the head of a horse on a bronze colored disk mounted in the center of a yellow satin ribbon blossom with 2 crossed yellow ribbons hanging down. On the back, a metal disk has a bent-wire 2 1/2-inch vee to sllide the ribbon for display. A white leather circle with a slit slides under the vee to cover the metal disk.
Ribbon, 1914 County Fair, Director.Metal top with pin attached on back. "Director" is printed on paper slid in from the back side. Attached to the bottom center is a round white metal button with eagle, ship and two horses above "virtue, liberty and independence." On reverse of button: "Manufactured/ by/ St. Louis Button Co./ St. Louis, Mo./ Pat. Aug 8, '99." An orange (formerly red?) ribbon hangs from the button: "The Lancaster / Fair/ Lancaster, Pa./ 1914."
Seal press, George Shiffler Council, No. 177, O of IA, Order of Independent Americans. Part of the Nativists' Movement. Anti-tax and Anti-immigration.
George Shiffler, a young Nativist, was fatally shot at the Nativist Riots of 1844 in Philadelphia during which mobs attacked Irish-American and Roman Catholic homes and businesses.
