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[Leslie Anne]

Yep, it's some KD pins. I'm the one currently bidding on it. What's interesting about the pearled one in particular is that it's a mini.

I have a fairly large collection of Kappa Delta pins and my favorites are the minis. They're about 2/3 the size of your average pin. The ones I have are generally from the mid to late 1920's. I still have a lot to learn about the history of our pins so I'm excited about this one.

[honeychile]

Please forgive me for crashing, but I didn't know you all had minature pins, too! Actually, the ADPi pin you see from about 1980 on are all minis.

Leslie Anne, do you display your pins, or keep them in some sort of storage? I've promised my little sister's three (ahem - gorgeous!) daughters that, if they go ADPi, they can have their choice of my pins, but other than that, I'm not sure what to do with them. Any ideas?

[Leslie Anne]

Always happy to see you join a thread, Honey.

I had no idea ADPi pins are now mini. I'm curious about why that was done. We actually don't have minis anymore. I think they were common before they were standardized and we had an official jeweler.

I have most of my KD pins displayed in glass trays. Other items like vintage KD rings and pendants are in a glass case on velvet jeweler's displays. I'll admit I'm a little excessive about it.

How about doing a shadow box for your pins? Maybe with some nice azure blue fabric as the backdrop? You could hang it near your framed Alpha Delta Pi creed. (Of course, I don't know for sure that you have one but I'd put money on it. ) I'm considering moving mine into a shadow box so I can more easily see them.


ETA: Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like the newer ADPi pins I've seen have the clasped hands raised. Is this a new thing, an old thing that's come back???