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I don't think this is "official" jewelry.
According to the AOII centennial celebration book, Celebrate the Century:
"In the early days of the Fraterninty, the members wanted a piece of jewelry they could wear to recognize each other when not wearing their badges. It took many years to decide upon a design, probably because the letters AOII could NOT be used on anything other than the badge...."
The book says that our badge design is the one the founders designed and the sorority has not wavered from it. The first badge was plain yellow gold with a ruby in the apex of the A, and every version since has been basically the same only with rubies, pearls and diamonds incorporated.
There was a conversation at the 1967 convention to make the badge more elaborate, but it was decided against in order to keep with the founders' wishes.
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