Description: A collection of Military Order Of The Cootie Ribbons and items from past meetings, different states and years, 1952-1980 Most are from the 1950s from three different veterans.There are forty items in total, (note) Riker mounts or frames, are not included in this lot. The order (originally known as the Military Order of the Cootie, U.S.A.) was established on September 17, 1920, in Washington, D.C., by Fred C. Madden and F. L. Gransbury. The organization was modeled after the Imperial Order of the Dragon, an auxiliary to the United Spanish American War Veterans. The name "cootie" is a reference to the lice that plagued soldiers in World War I HISTORY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE COOTIE Just as member of the United Spanish American War Veterans had much to do with the foundation ofthe Veterans of Foreign Wars, they also had a prime part in the start of the Military Order of the Cootie. In late1919 several Spanish American War Veterans, members of the Imperial Order of the Dragon (a higher degreeof the USAWV) conceived the idea of a similar order for the WFW. Fred C. Madden, a Past Grand Viceroy ofthe Dragons, was assisted by another Past Grand Viceroy, F.L. Gransbury and several other I.O.D. members.The VFW was nearly as old as the United Spanish American War Veterans and was due for the influx ofmembers from World War I, which they thought could be helped with the formation of an Honor Degree withfun as one of its objectives.The rolls were opened for membership at the Oxford Hotel in Washington, D.C., September 17, 1920,and nearly 300 VFW members signed up. Fred C. Madden became the first Supreme Seam Squirrel; and acomplete list of Officers was ratified at a special meeting held in the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City.Madden developed the constitution and by-laws. F.L. Gransbury authored the rituals and became editor of the“Cootie Tickle”, six issues of which were printed prior to the VFW encampment in Detroit. There a committeewas formed consisting of Commander-in-Chief Hartund and VFW Council Members Allen of New York, Jonesof Oregon and Jones of Washington. They met with Supreme Cooties Gransbury #3 and E.S. Davis #12, tomake the MOC a part of the VFW. The favorable report of this committee was accepted by the VFW NationalEncampment about 9:00 PM, Saturday, 24 September 1921, making the MOC a part of the VFW.
Price: 100 USD
Location: Whittier, California
End Time: 2024-08-27T21:49:37.000Z
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