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Antique Balfour ΣΤΣ 10K Seed Pearl Black & White Enamel w/O Leather Pouch:
$275.00
Very RARE IT Comes in its original leather pouch by Balfour.
It appears the inscription on the back has worn. The Greek letters Sigma Tau Sigma were selected to stand for Society for Textile ScholarshipIt belonged to my parents friends great aunts husband. The pin would be between 1929 to 1939 when it was still all men fraternity .It was established there in 1929 at the NCSU College of Textiles to promote high academic standards among textile students.
• Throughout the 1930s, it remained a local all-male honorary fraternity on that campus before admitting its first female member in 1940.
