Museum object · badges
Shield-shaped identification pin for William H. Clay
1864-65
United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Clay died in April 1865 of typhoid fever and was buried at the Alexandria National Cemetery in Virginia. A shield-shaped silver metal badge with stick-pin back. The badge decorative borders around the edge and is engraved in the center: "W. H. Clay Co. D 28th US.".
- Catalog date
- 1864-65
- Recorded places
- United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Military; Slavery; U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865; United States Colored Troops
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2011.51.5
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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