Odd Fellows Early 20th Century Memorial Ribbon, Pin Japanese broom with no chips

with no chips

has clearly been much used and loved

often commanding many hundreds of dollars

Though largely self taught

Odd Fellows Early 20th Century Memorial Ribbon, Pin Japanese broom with no chipsThe International Order of Odd Fellows (I. O. O. F) certainly has had a gift for designing compelling iconography, and this memorial ribbon from the Powow River Lodge in Amesbury, MA features two of its best, with the gold bordered "handshake" pin at top and "all seeing eye" at center. Those waving flags between the two are pretty good too. I am pretty certain this one dates to the turn of the century around the heyday of the I. O. O. F, when it was