Odd Fellows Early 20th Century Memorial Ribbon, Pin watercolor painting of boy as is the pink

as is the pink

with wear and some dryness/light cracking to the wood (which I have not touched)

and might be inclined to adopt a couple of actual dogs who bear their likeness

Just a marvelous tabletop or windowsill object

Before Bob Ross

Odd Fellows Early 20th Century Memorial Ribbon, Pin watercolor painting of boy as is the pinkThe 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