the bottom medal has lost the connector wire, but it is all in amazing condition!
unusual
nice condition
found in Skagway Alaska
Info below is what I found online about this:
This is a membership ribbon from the Alaska Yukon Pioneers Cabin 1. Here is some history about the group: The Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP) fraternal organization was formed on December 1, 1894 at Forty Mile, Yukon Territory, Canada. After several meetings throughout 1894, the group's charter was signed by 68 founding members at the opera house of entertainer and prospector George T. Snow. With the motto "Do unto others as you would be done by" as its abiding rule, the organization helped maintain law and order and settle disagreements among early prospectors and residents. The Forty Mile lodge and other early lodges were soon disbanded, and new lodges created, as prospectors left these towns and flocked to gold discoveries in Dawson and other locations. In order to qualify for membership, pioneers were required to have been in the Yukon Territory on or before 1888, and membership was limited to Yukon pioneers only; Alaska stampeders were excluded. In 1906 and 1910 the Nome and Fairbanks YOOP lodges unsuccessfully asked the Grand Lodge if the Constitution could be amended so that Alaska pioneers of the time could become members. In response, these lodges turned in their charters and formed the first "Igloos" of the Alaska Pioneers. In 1912, many of the miners had moved to Seattle and applied to form a lodge there; the Yukon Order of Pioneers Seattle Lodge No. 2 was founded that year by George T. Snow and Thomas W. O'Brien. Around 1921 Snow requested that the name of the Seattle Lodge be changed to the Yukon Alaska Pioneers.The answer was again "no," and shortly afterward, the Seattle lodge appears to have become the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers
this is in fantastic condition for its age, its the first one like this I've ever ran across in 15 yrs of selling Alaskana!
roughly 3.5 x 2.5 inches
inv#t 23-18
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