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1920's sterling bangle/bracelet marked 'W' in shield - help!
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 12:24 pm
by sterlinglover
Hi, I have this lovely dated twenties sterling bangle, but do not recognise the hallmark, can anyone help me know who this maker is? Also do the symbols around the bracelet have something to do with the maker? It is dated January 11,1921. Thank you all.
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 2:47 pm
by ValkyrieVixen
It says Wohelo in Alaskan Tsimshian letters for the Camp Fire Girls motto, Work Health Love. It was awarded to girls who had earned their Firemaker's badge. It's nice this has a date on it, there are others like it that date to the late 30's. The mark seems to be related to Camp Fire Girls but I've never found out more about it.
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:54 pm
by silverly
Your item is an official piece of Campfire Girls regalia that was supplied by the Campfire Outfitting Company which was an arm of Campfire Girls. The company was formed and initially funded by the Campfire Girls organization around 1920 so that the organization had complete control over what was supplied to its members in the way of standard insignias and such without having the burden of actually running the company in order to obtain the products they wanted.
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:32 pm
by sterlinglover
ValkyrieVixen wrote:It says Wohelo in Alaskan Tsimshian letters for the Camp Fire Girls motto, Work Health Love. It was awarded to girls who had earned their Firemaker's badge. It's nice this has a date on it, there are others like it that date to the late 30's. The mark seems to be related to Camp Fire Girls but I've never found out more about it.
Thank you so much for your time and effort, much appreciated. So pleased I know more about the bracelet - wonder who the maker is? Thank you again!
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:33 pm
by sterlinglover
silverly wrote:Your item is an official piece of Campfire Girls regalia that was supplied by the Campfire Outfitting Company which was an arm of Campfire Girls. The company was formed and initially funded by the Campfire Girls organization around 1920 so that the organization had complete control over what was supplied to its members in the way of standard insignias and such without having the burden of actually running the company in order to obtain the products they wanted.
Great information, thank you!!! Wonderful that you and another poster took the time and effort to let me know - much appreciated.
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