Fort Dearborn Indian War of 1812 1934 Chicago Worlds Fair Military Badge Pin

Description

This listing is for an antique brass service badge worn by the guards at the Fort Dearborn exhibition at the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair. This badge features crisply die struck text, bar pin, and significant age patina. Size: 1-1/4 inches wide.
Fort Dearborn was a United States fort built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812, and a second fort was constructed on the same site in 1816. By 1837, the fort had been de-commissioned.
Parts of the fort were lost to the widening of the Chicago River in 1855, and a fire in 1857. The last vestiges of Fort Dearborn were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The site of the fort is now a Chicago Landmark, located in the Michigan–Wacker Historic District.