Medal - need help

[Kent in AL]

Hey folks,

I recently got permission to hunt a house that's roughly 100 yrs. old. I went yesterday for an hour or two and found some clad and what I think is a medal but I need help with an ID. On the top half something that looks like spears are crossed on each side. On the lower half the letters FBC make up a triangle but I can't make out what's in the middle of them. I wondered if it's some type of religious medal like a sunday school medal. We have a First Baptist Church (FBC) in town. The white stuff on it is flour - I was trying to get the features to stand out. If I ever hook up my scanner maybe I will get a better pic of it.

Thanks for looking,

Kent

 

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[stoney56]

Kent, I think that's supposed to be F.C.B. aka Knights of Pythias.

http://www.pythias.org/index.htm

Logos: http://www.pythias.org/cgi-bin/pythclip.pl

 

[JakePhelps]

Nice find! Whats on the back of it? how was it attached?

 

[Kent in AL]

Stoney - Thanks! You're fast!


Jake - The back seems slick although it still has a little crud on it. I'm wondering if something was tied tightly around the top under the wing-like protrusions.

 

[trk5capt]

Kent, I think that's supposed to be F.C.B. aka Knights of Pythias. STONEY, I Think you nailed this one. trk5capt...

http://www.pythias.org/index.htm

Logos:? http://www.pythias.org/cgi-bin/pythclip.pl

 

[Southcacalaky]

I wasn't sure myself, thought it might have been some type of fratenity emblem, HH Art...

 

[stoney56]

Here's a pretty thorough list for you, A-Z.
http://www.exonumia.com/art/society.htm

 

[Nana40]

Really great find Kent!!!

 

[Burdie]

Sounds great stoney. Kent neat find. Make sure you cover that place more than once.

 

[BADDOG]

Kent,
Stoney hit it on the head. I found a hat pin of some sort in Colorado a few months ago with the same logo.
Ive had this picture sitting on my desktop since then waiting for you to post your pin.

Good Luck and HH

Baddog

 

[Kent in AL]

Ive had this picture sitting on my desktop since then waiting for you to post your pin.

Glad I could help you out BadDog

Thanks Stoney and the rest of you guys. I knew the experts on this forum would have an answer.

Kent

 

[IrishCharlieM]

Is that sugar or salt on it........

 

[tsgman]

Great find! Tsgman

 

[Kent in AL]

Is that sugar or salt on it........

Actually flour. It's the first thing I thought of to use that would make the letters stand out. Now if I had some bacon grease and milk I could make a good Knights of Pythias gravy.