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Old 10-19-2011, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by AGDAlum View Post
The design looks like one of the first badges made by a local jeweler. Note that the Gamma is not "chased" (engraved) the way the standard badges are.

The eBay listing Q&A section says that the badge likely belonged to Cynthia Geer who was initiated into Alpha Chapter in 1958. How would she have gotten by without buying a standard badge? Might she have been a descendant of a founder or early member and have inherited a non-standard badge?
That clasp isn't from 1958. I have one that looks like that and it's from the teens.
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