THIS sale IS FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CINCINNATI - EAGLE RIBBON BADGE ONLY:This beautiful Antique Medal for the Daughters of the Cincinnati was made by the Philadelphia company Bailey Banks & offerdle and belonged to Nannie Crittenden Van Wyck. Her father was Captain John Crittenden of the American Revolution War. The medal is 14 K Yellow Gold, with blue and white enamel, and has what we believe is its original blue and white ribbon. The medal features a gold eagle with raised wings clutching an olive branch in one foot, 13 arrows in the other, and in its beak a white enamel banner with gold lettering reading “Daughters of the Cincinnati”. The center of the eagle has an oval plaque with 13 white enamel points, a blue enamel oval with gold lettering reading “Servada Fides Cineri” and inside this a white enamel oval with a left facing gold bust of George Washington. The back of the medal has raised lettering reading “B B & B Co. Phila” and is engraved “ 14 K”, “Captain John Crittenden”, and “ 162 ”. The medal and ribbon measure approximately 2 5/8 inches long, 1.5 inches wide , and weigh 19 grams. It is not marked gold but I had it tested and guarantee it to be 14kt gold. Please check my other two sales for a DAR Medal with Nannie's Ambrotype and 14kt Gold Royal Order of the Crown Ribbon Medal. Thanks for Looking.Below is her Obituary:San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, October 29, 1916, page 35 Mrs. Sidney M. Van Wich Sr. is Dead at Seattle President of Jefferson Davis Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, Dies Revered for Charity Was Host of Many Magnificent Functions During the Exposition Period In the midst of the preparations for the dansent, their annual function given to raise funds to carry on their charitable work, word was received yesterday by members of the Jefferson Davis Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, of the death Friday night in Seattle of Mrs. Sidney M. Van Wick Sr., president and one of the organizers of the chapter. The news has cast a gloom over this city, where Mrs. Van Wyck was well known and beloved in an unusually wide circle of friends, and will also be a cause of much regret throughout the United States, her work with the national organization of the Daughters of the Confederacy having had a far-reaching influence. Charity Still Benefits The news of her demise was not made public as soon as received here, although members of the chapter and personal friends of Mrs. Van Wyck were apprised of the fact. It was determined in spite of the loss to the chapter to have the annual fete carried through, the charitable purpose for which it was planned being sufficient excuse for not having it called off at the last moment. Out of respect for the death woman, however, those of her chapter who had had large parties retained their tables at the the [sic] dansant but did not appear. During the last few months Mrs. Van Wyck had been visiting her son-in-law and daughter, MR. and Mrs. J. D. Peter, in Seattle, and it was at their home that her death occurred. Four Children Survive Mrs. Van Wyck is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Peters and Mrs. Austin Brockenborough Chinn, and two sons, Sydney M. Van Wych Jr. and Dr. Dr. Crittenden Van Wyck. Another daughter, Miss Laura Van Wyck, was killed several years ago in a steamer wreck off the Northwest coast when she was going north to visit Mr. and Mrs. Peters in Seattle. During the exposition year Mrs. Van Wyck was indefatigable in the work of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and it as the Jefferson Davis Chapter, of which she was president, that was host at the many magnificent functions given at the exposition in honor of the distinguished Southern visitors to this city. San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, October 29, 1916, page 47 Van Wyck - In Seattle, Wash, October 28, 1916, Nannie Churchill Crittenden, widow of the late Sidney M. Van Wyck, mother of Mrs. William A. Peters, Mrs. Austin B. Chinn, Sidney M. Van Wyck Jr. and Dr. Crittenden Van Wyck, grandmother of Elisabeth R. B. Sanchez and Mrs. John F. Pratt, aged 73 years. Funeral services Wednesday, at Seattle. Memorial services in San Francisco to be announced later. Family links: Parents: Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816 - 1870) Clara Churchill Jones Crittenden (1820 - 1881) Spouse: Sidney McMechen Van Wyck (1832 - 1887)* Children: Frances Akers Van Wyck Peters (1866 - 1950)* Sidney McMeghen Van Wyck (1868 - 1931)* Nancy Van Wyck Chinn (1874 - 1959)* Laura Armistead Van Wyck (1879 - 1906)* Siblings: Churchill Jones Crittenden (1840 - 1864)* James Love Crittenden (1841 - 1915)* Ann Churchill Crittenden Van Wyck (1843 - 1916) Howard Crittenden (1844 - 1871)* Mary Crittenden (1852 - 1854)* Edmond Randolph Crittenden (1854 - 1854)* Carrie Campbell Crittenden Pratt (1855 - 1923)* Florence Alexander Crittenden (1858 - 1862)* Henry Crittenden (1859 - 1863)*
