1920 Hebron NH Entertainment Committee Badge with Shaking Hands carrying box One can't see the edges

One can't see the edges of the drawing through the frame and I have not opened it up

is a replacement for a more roughly carved original pin

and standing on a small patch of grass in varied shades of green

6 5/16" x 3 7/8" x 5 3/4" tall

done instead on a wire mesh screen (which one imagines was left over from screening the porch or barn yard or making a strainer) and

1920 Hebron NH Entertainment Committee Badge with Shaking Hands carrying box One can't see the edgesA fun thing, which I thought could be aptly pinned to one's chest on all sorts of occasions! And the history of Old Home Days, specific to New Hampshire, and continuing to this day, is a rich one, established by Governor Frank Rollins in 1899 as a way to invite former residents of New Hampshire home at a time when the opening of the West, and lure of urban centers with industrial jobs had depleted New Hampshires rural areas. At its height it was