B.P.O.E. Medal (Updated)

[Prescott Charlie]

We recently moved from a 1921 home to a 1932 home and have been working our new yard. Dug this in the backyard last week. It is a B.P.O.E. Elks medal with "Lodges Of Arizona" on it. No date but there is a mark on the back with Chas M. Robbins Mfg Co./Attleboro MA. I was able to locate a 1909 Los Angeles B.P.O.E. medal online with the same marking. The company dates back to 1892. I showed it to a friend who is 94 and was an Elk early in his life. He didn't recognize the design. I haven't cleaned it other than some water and a soft brush.

 

[THingfool]

Re: B.P.O.E. Medal

Very nice find. Hope you get you "new"old yard well detected. HH.


Ed

 

[SkyPirate]

Re: B.P.O.E. Medal

Nothing like finding treasure in your own yard! HH

 

[seger98]

Re: B.P.O.E. Medal

That's a pretty neat pin. Hope you find a lot more in that yard.

 

[garthbfan169]

Re: B.P.O.E. Medal

Nice find pc Congrats!!

 

[Prescott Charlie]

Re: B.P.O.E. Medal

It cleaned up really nice.

 

[Golden1]

Sweet find PC
At least your digging!

HH G1

 

[Mackaydon]

19 stars on the flag might suggest the number of Arizona lodges in existence at the time the emblem was manufactured.
Don.......

 

[Prescott Charlie]

Don,

That's a good theory. I was trying to figure out the significance of the number of stars.

 

[allen]

good job on that neat piece !!!

 

[Ron P]

Nice looking metal, I only found nails on my yard, thanks

 

[Mackaydon]

The site referenced below gives you contact information for the Elks in Arizona.
You may wish to contact them (free '800#' and email) for more information.
http://www.azelks.org/downloads/Directory Orange October Revision.pdf

 

[bula]

It is an old lodge pin, most of which would have a lodge number on it. There are a lot of elks members that collect them & I would bet if you contact a lodge in AZ you might get some help on IDing the pin. Most of the older lodges keep a collection of their pins. The 19 stars could mean that the lodge help the 19th national convention.

 

[Hardy]

gREAT CLEANING JOB