golden spike pin 1893

[mamabear]

my mom found this in a junk box yrs ago. It says oro y plata, which I believe is Montanas state motto on the back it has pat Jan 31, 1893. Is this a commerative pin?

 

[Montana Jim]

Read all about the Montana state seal here... and maybe it will explain some of the features in your pin as being from Montana Territory / State based on the dates...

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/seals/mt_seal.htm

It sure looks like a sort of commemorative pin...

 

[mamabear]

thanx Montana good site. Montana's motto but not the symbol. will keep lookin.

 

[Kas]

Read all about the Montana state seal here... and maybe it will explain some of the features in your pin as being from Montana Territory / State based on the dates...

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/seals/mt_seal.htm

It sure looks like a sort of commemorative pin...

Jim, I ain't never seen any of your hunting pics that look like that seal. All wide open country,silver waves of grain.

 

[Montana Jim]

Read all about the Montana state seal here... and maybe it will explain some of the features in your pin as being from Montana Territory / State based on the dates...

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/seals/mt_seal.htm

It sure looks like a sort of commemorative pin...

That's 'cause I hunt where the "stuff" is, not the rivers, mountains, and falls...
Jim, I ain't never seen any of your hunting pics that look like that seal. All wide open country,silver waves of grain.