The collection includes 18 badges, with pendants, from the 20th Convention held in San Francisco in 1886; 17 badges and pins and 1 sterling silver souvenir spoon from the 37th Convention held in San Francisco in 1903; 4 badges from the Native Sons of the Golden West, 1890, 1912, and 1925 (2); and 2 1956 Republican National Convention pins, and 1 California Delegation pin from 1964.

The 1886 collection includes badges of state delegates from Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Dept. of the Gulf, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Oakland Day and 3 other GAR San Francisco souvenir medals with ribbons. Most of these state badges are quite large, some to 10” in length with gold pins at the top with elaborate patriotic designs on the ribbons. The 1903 collection has a combination of ribbons, badges and full medals including 2 Ladies of the GAR, 2 California Ladies, Pennsylvania Ladies, West Virginia Ladies, Solano County, Dept of Potomac, 2 Philadelphia, Sacramento Valley, Woman’s Relief Corps and 4 San Francisco souvenir medals, most with California Bear symbols on tops. Most of the NSGW medals also have Bears. The collection, which certainly would be very difficult to assemble today, containing 43 items, was put together many years ago and stored, with each medal individually mounted on cardstock and attractively identified by a fine hand in ink ready for display.