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  1. 5 Council Commissioner Fair Pin, 1990 - Pin, Fraternal

    5 Council Commissioner Fair Pin, 1990. Silver colored metal pin is round with at textured laurel wreath border. White center inner border has raised silver lettering that reads "COMMISSIONER FAIR / 5 COUNCIL." Very center has the outline of a Boy Scout symbol with "1990" raised silver numbers on a white ground surrounded by yellow, green, red, purple and blue pentagon sections labeled ALAMEDA, MONTEREY, PIEDMONT, SAN MATEO and STANFORD respecti...

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    5 Council Commissioner Fair Pin, 1990
  2. Basket with flowers shell pin, c. 1942-1945. - Brooch

    Basket with flowers shell pin, c. 1942-1945. This pin made of tiny white shells that are shaped like flowers in a variety of colors (white, pink, purple). The tiny white shells are spread out next to green fabric shaped like leaves in a brown painted string basket that is shaped like a shell. On top of the brown painted string basket, is a brown painted string loop that goes from the back of the shell shaped basket to the front. Mounted on the ba...

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    Basket with flowers shell pin, c. 1942-1945.
  3. Boy Scout Commissioner Conference Pin, 1988 - Pin, Fraternal

    Boy Scout Commissioner Conference Pin, 1988. Round silver-colored metal pin has a laurel wreath border a red ground inside and a blue triangle with a white center and yellow Boy Scout symbol inside. Black on silver text at bottom of triangle reads, "THE / ADVENTURE / BEGINS." Silver raised text below reads, "1988 / COMMISSIONER CONFERENCE." Back is smooth. There is a brass-colored metal pinch-style clasp affixed to pin on back. A round whit...

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    Boy Scout Commissioner Conference Pin, 1988
  4. Cleveland Cavaliers Button - Button, Fraternal

    Cleveland Cavaliers Button. Circular plastic button depicting a school mascot. A boy with a halberd, rapier, cape, and fluffy feathered hat is drawn in black and red on a cream-colored background. Surrounding him around the button's edges is written "CLEVELAND CAVALIERS". The back of the button is metal and has a vertical pin, attached at the top and with its point extending slightly past the button's edge.

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    Cleveland Cavaliers Button
  5. Cow Palace Grand National Rodeo Pin - Pin, Insignia

    Cow Palace Grand National Rodeo Pin. Enamel painted silver-colored metal pin in shape of the front of Cow Palace building (rectangle with domed top) with "COW PALACE" embossed in silver at top and "GNR" in white below on a blue background with a red and blue border. It has a metal butterfly clutch back and came in a 1" sq. black plastic box with clear plastic top.

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    Cow Palace Grand National Rodeo Pin
  6. D.C. Year 2000 Celebration Pin, 2000 - Pin, Insignia

    D.C. Year 2000 Celebration Pin, 2000. Gold metal pin with multicolored picture on the front. Pin is in the shape of a circle with a rounded rectangle attached at the bottom. The circle depicts the US Capitol Building, and obelisk, and red and gold fireworks exploding in a black sky. In the foreground of the circle, at the bottom, are blue and gold waves. The attached rectangle at the bottom has gold text on a dark blue background commemorating th...

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    D.C. Year 2000 Celebration Pin
  7. Flag Pin, c. 1970-1975 - Pin, Insignia

    Flag Pin, c. 1970-1975. Gold metal pin in the shape of a flag, wavering slightly as if in a breeze. On the left side of the pin is a gold flagpole; extending from it to the right is a US flag, colored in red white and blue, though the stars are gold. The back is textured in a ridged square pattern and has an earring-style pin and backing in the center.

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    Flag Pin
  8. Fraternity Pin, c. 1964-1968 - Pin, Fraternal

    Fraternity Pin, c. 1964-1968. Football-shaped pin with ribbons attached. The pin is gold with a blue-black shape in its center that follows the shape of the pin; in the middle of this blue-black shape are the letters Alpha (A), Xi (three horizontal lines), and Delta (triangle) in gold. The back of the pin has a safety clasp. Knotted around this clasp and extending about an inch to either side are two ribbons, one navy blue with a ribbed texture, ...

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    Fraternity Pin
  9. GAA Pin, c. 1956-1960 - Pin, Insignia

    GAA Pin, c. 1956-1960. Tiny gold pin, possibly for track and field or cross-country, in the shape of a bare foot with wings at the ankle. Across the pin is written "GAA", with the first A centered on the ankle and the G and second A extending on either side. The toes and top of wing extend below and above the text. On the back is a safety clasp.

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    GAA Pin
  10. Girl Scout Pin, c. 1950s - Pin, Membership

    Girl Scout Pin, c. 1950s. Brass-colored metal pin in the outline of a clover or club shape, with three rounded petals at the top and sides and a pointed petal at the bottom. In the center of the pin is a human figure, with arms raised and knees bent so its hands and feet meet the corners of the clover outline; its head also touches the top of the clover petal. The rest of the pin is empty negative space. Figure has a double chevron engraved on it...

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    Girl Scout Pin
  11. Joseph Dutilh Army Insignia Pin, c. 1941-1945 - Pin, Insignia

    Joseph Dutilh Army Insignia Pin, c. 1941-1945. Small bar-shaped pin with a golden metal clasp on the back. Front is a piece of metal covered in striped woven fabric in various colors; the background is green and brown, and the colors of the Italian, French, and [unknown] flags are narrowly striped across them. Three dark, almost black, metal stars are attached on top of the fabric.

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    WWII Army Insignia pin
  12. Liberty Pin, 1986 - Pin, Insignia

    Liberty Pin, 1986. Rectangular gold metal pin with multicolored picture on the front. Picture shows the head and shoulders of the Statue of Liberty, colored in light and dark green. Behind her is part of the US flag, with white stars on a blue square in the upper left corner and red and white stripes on the right. All of the outlines of the picture are in gold, and the pin has a thin gold border. At the bottom of the pin is the word "LIBERTY" and...

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    1886-1986 Liberty Pin
  13. MHS Orchestra Pin, c. 1960-1963 - Pin, Insignia

    MHS Orchestra Pin, c. 1960-1963. Tiny gold pin in the shape of a lyre with two rectangular text fields, one at the top and one curved across the bottom. The top one reads "MHS" and the bottom "ORCHESTRA", both in gold letters over a painted light blue background. On the back is a vertical safety clasp.

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    MHS Orchestra Pin
  14. Nametag Pin, c. 1970s - Nametag

    Nametag Pin, c. 1970s. Pearl-white plastic pin in the shape of a long rectangle. Its surface is smooth and has some faint horizontal lines, as if mimicking wood. "MISS J. SEMONES" is very shallowly engraved onto it; the letters are also painted black. Glued to the back is a horizontal metal safety clasp.

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    Miss J. Semones Pin
  15. National Scout Jamboree Pin, 1989 - Pin, Fraternal

    National Scout Jamboree Pin, 1989. Silver-colored metal pin has a partial image of an American flag on the top left front corner and a green state of California encircled in yellow by a white plane in the center. Raised silver text at top and bottom reads, "SAN MATEO COUNTY COUNCIL / 1989 NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE." Back is smooth. There is a brass-colored metal pinch-style clasp affixed to pin on back.

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    National Scout Jamboree Pin, 1989
  16. Pacific Skyline Council BSA Pin, c. 1986 - Pin, Fraternal

    Pacific Skyline Council BSA Pin, c. 1986. Pin is shaped like a very skinny blimp or torpedo. Brass colored metal is inlaid with gray paint. It has raised gold outlining and raised gold lettering that reads, "PACIFIC SKYLINE COUNCIL / BSA." At right near tip of blimp is a blue circle with a raised gold star and red center. Back is textured with a cross-hatch pattern and has a pin projecting out the center onto which a pinch-style backing piece i...

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    Pacific Skyline Council BSA Pin, c. 1986
  17. Pins and Box, c. 1990s - Pin, Insignia

    Pins and Box, c. 1990s. Two octagonal pins with the US eagle seal in relief on them. Pin A is steel gray and has the number 20 at the bottom, breaking the seal's circular border. Pin B is gold and has the number 30 in the same place. Both pins have earring style pins and gold backings; pin A's is the kind with the two thin pieces of metal that have to be squeezed, while pin B's looks more like a bell and is simply pulled off. Box C is rectangular...

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    Pins
  18. Pomponio Lodge 528 Pin, c. 1979 - Pin, Fraternal

    Pomponio Lodge 528 Pin, c. 1979. Silver-colored metal pin is shaped like a shield with a flap at the bottom. Pin depicts a yellow bell with raised boyscout emblem and "WWW" (Order of the Arrow) lettering below a red cardinal with an arrow in its mouth and in the center of white wings with black lower feathers, all on a light blue ground. Trimmed in red, lower flap has a wavy rectangle of green. Back is smooth with a screw-type silver-colored meta...

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    Pomponio Lodge 528 Pin, c. 1979
  19. Raychem Corporation 25th Anniversary Pinback Button, 1982 - Button, Souvenir

    Raychem Corporation 25th Anniversary Button, 1982. Circular pinback button with white text and graphics on a green background commemorates Raychem's 25th Anniversary celebration in 1982. The 2.25" diameter button has a spiral graphic made of small dots at center with the "Raychem" logo in small text at center left. Additional text around the edge of the button reads, "TWENTY-FIFTH / ANNIVERSARY."

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    Raychem Corporation 25th Anniversary Pinback Button, 1982
  20. Raychem Corporation Billion-Dollar Day Button, 1988 - Button, Souvenir

    Raychem Corporation Billion-Dollar Day Button, 1988. Circular pinback button commemorates Raychem's Billion-Dollar Day celebration on September 10, 1988 at Raychem Corporation headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The 2.125" diameter button has white text and graphics on a red background. A circular logo of overlapping parallel and radiating lines appears at center. A thin line border appears at top and bottom along with the text, "The Billion-...

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    Raychem Corporation Billion-Dollar Day Button, 1988
  21. Raychem Corporation Bowtie Button, 1990 - Button, Souvenir

    Raychem Corporation Bowtie Button, 1990. Square pinback button produced by the Raychem Corporation commemorating founder Paul M. Cook's retirement from the company. The 2.125" x 2.125" button has a red outer border with a purple and white graphic of a bowtie at center. The bowtie appears against a square white background with purple dots and sketched lines. White text across the top red border reads, "This is one tie we'll never forget." Cook's s...

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    Raychem Corporation Bowtie Button, 1990
  22. Raychem Corporation Electronics Division Pin, c. 1980s-1990s - Button, Souvenir

    Raychem Corporation Electronics Division Pin, c. 1980s-1990s. Rectangular black and red enamel pin with gold-colored metal promotes the Raychem Corporation Electronics Division. The front of the pin has a black background with the "Raychem" logo in red and "ELECTRONICS" in gold. A rectangular geometric pattern in gold appears at lower left in line with "electronics". The back is engraved with a repeating pattern that reads, "S.R.E. / (818) 848-...

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    Raychem Corporation Electronics Division Pin, c. 1980s-1990s
  23. Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Linda, c. 1970s-1990s - Button, Promotional

    Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Linda, c. 1970s-1990s. Promotional white circular pinback button produced by the Raychem Corporation. Red text in the center reads, "I / was / terminated / by / LINDA." Smaller text around the lower edge reads, "Raychem's new interconnect systems."

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    Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Linda, c. 1970s-1990s
  24. Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Louise, c. 1970s-1990s - Button, Promotional

    Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Louise, c. 1970s-1990s. Promotional white circular pinback button produced by the Raychem Corporation. Red text in the center reads, "I / was / terminated / by / LOUISE." Smaller text around the lower edge reads, "Raychem's new interconnect systems."

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    Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Louise, c. 1970s-1990s
  25. Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Pam, c. 1970s-1990s - Button, Promotional

    Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Pam, c. 1970s-1990s. Promotional white circular pinback button produced by the Raychem Corporation. Red text in the center reads, "I / was / terminated / by / PAM." Smaller text around the lower edge reads, "Raychem's new interconnect systems."

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    Raychem Corporation Termination Button, Pam, c. 1970s-1990s

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