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Alpha Gamma Delta has actually had two badges. Our first badge--as it was worn on the day of our Founding (May 30th 1904)--was a monogram with the Alpha chased on the bottom, the Gamma plain in the middle, and the Delta on top set in pearls. If you can envision it, it was basically backwards from what our badge is today.
Our Founders disliked it, so they commissioned jeweler J.F. Newman to come up with several new designs. The new badge was selected by Alpha on November 19, 1904. That badge was the one Alpha Gams all know and love.
The Badge also used to be somewhat larger than what it is today, and members could choose what types of jewels could be placed on the Alpha. However, within the first 4 or 5 years, the Badge size was standardized and the only jewels permitted on it were pearls and/or diamonds.
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