PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1900 LAPEL BUTTON (Arthur Poe)

Arthur Poe's PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1900 LAPEL BUTTON,
The graduation class lapel pin of Arthur Poe, class of 1900, based on provenance (from the estate of Ella Poe Burling, and accompanied by related items engraved with the name of Arthur Poe)
Size : 5/8” high x 1/2”
Shield enameled in colors, on bronze.

Arthur Poe, class of 1900, All-American, made the decisive score that beat Yale in two successive years .
He was one of the four sons of Edgar Allen Poe's cousin John Prentiss Poe, attorney general of Maryland.
Arthur Poe's grandfather, Neilson Poe, born the same year as the famous author, lived so closely with Edgar Allen Poe most of his adult life, that he was perceived by many as the writer's brother.
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