Was just checking out the auction of the 1912 quill and got
around to reading the description ...

quote:

THIS LOVELY SORORITY PIN IS SOLID 14K GOLD AND TINY REAL SEED PEARLS. THIS PIN IS PROBABLY CUSTOM ORDERED AND THUS UNIQUE, IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE GREEK LETTERS, I BELIEVE, STAND FOR ALPHA EPSILOM DELTA. I’VE SOLD SEVERAL OF LILLIAN SMITH’S PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY PINS AND THIS IS HER PERSONAL SORORITY PIN. SINCE SHE WAS A PAST MASTER IN P OF H THIS SORORITY MUST BE CONNECTED TO HUSBANDRY IN SOME FORM. NOTE THE SHAPE OF THE PIN IS A PLOW OR OTHER FARMING TOOL. MARKED ON BACK “LILLIAN SMITH” AND “V’12”. MEASURES 1” X ¼”. .

end-quote...


Now, I've had my quill mistaken for a toothbrush but never, ever,
has it been likened to "a plow or other farming tool" !!!

just shows to go ya that if something MUST be something it probably aint....

Sorry to crash your boards but I thought this pin might belong you.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...925906907&rd=1

It sure does! It's our pledge pin. Thanks for letting us know!

Isn't it kind of ironic when people sell things like pledge pins on eBay for $10 or more when they're available from the National website for $5?

A pledge pin is up on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...929384732&rd=1

The original listing of the pin is mispelled but it is definitely an Alpha Xi Delta badge. Diamond and pearl mix.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...930361596&rd=1

Wrigley,

Thanks so much for giving us a head's up! :)

An alleged 1931 badge is up on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...933787704&rd=1

Ummm, right. I'd like to know where she gets the 1931 from. I see 1993!

Thanks Wrigley!

:confused:
I see 3 - 29 - 193X (can't tell what the last number is). Plus we don't engrave our badges like that any more, do we? Isn't it done with the chapter/member number?

Thanks Wrigley for posting all of these pin links!

ETA -- I wish I had enough money to rescue pins off Ebay. Maybe one day.... At least when I have some money I will try to rescue one of the old pearled ones to use for myself!

No, they don't get engraved like that anymore at all.

From that angle, it looks to me like it's 3-29-93. But if you look HARD you can kind of see a 1 and a something (maybe 5?) before & after the 93.

Oh well, either way, it's a pretty pin!

This badge is mislabeled on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...936423628&rd=1

another quill on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...952018328&rd=1

Oooh! I want that one! It's a closed-pearl one! (Or whatever it's called.)

Another Quill on Ebay