Yesterday afternoon, my visit to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the most recent example to be added to my collection. It is a "W & H", one blade, one tang stamp, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It has the curved or arched style of tang stamp, WITH the "USA" in the middle. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK NJ" The main handle side says, "PENN'A F.O.E. (over) DUBOIS, 1930" It also says, "PAT. PEND." just below the pivot pin. The other side says nothing, it is blank. This is my first "W & H" pocket knife that advertises this organization, business, company, product, holiday, event, etc. The main blade does have a SOFT half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does NOT have a closing snap. This pocket knife is in FAIR condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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***** TRIVIA *****
Just doing a simple, basic, Google search, produced a TON of information
and items pertaining to the F.O.E., The Fraternal Order of Eagles.
There is also information to be found regarding Dubois, Pennsylvania.
I could find only one item linking Dubois, Pennsylvania AND the F.O.E.
It's the VERY LAST picture, posted below. It's NOT my item, NOT my picture.
The following tidbit of information about The Fraternal Order of Eagles is
from their website at
https://foe.com/
Our History - How It Began.
"On February 6, 1898, six of Seattle’s most prominent theater owners gathered to discuss how to handle an ongoing musicians’ strike. John Cort, brothers John W. and Thomas J. Considine, H.L. Leavitt, Mose Goldsmith and Arthur G. Williams headed down to the Moran Brothers’ shipyard on South Charles Street to make a plan. According to most popular accounts, after deciding to work together to settle the strike by using piano players to replace the musicians, the men began to discuss life. At that moment, the Order of Good Things was born. As their numbers grew, the Order chose the Bald Eagles as their official emblem and changed the name of the organization to “The Fraternal Order of Eagles, with a goal to “make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.” Touring theater troupes are credited with much of the Eagles’ early growth. Most members were actors, stagehands and playwrights who carried the Eagles story from town to town as they traversed the United States and Canada. The group’s early motto, “Skin’em,” became the secret password to identify members while the official motto was changed to “Liberty, Truth, Justice and Equality.” Within 10 years of its inception, the organization boasted more than 1,800 Aeries scattered throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with a membership exceeding 350,000. Members received free medical attention for themselves and their families, weekly payments in case of sickness and a funeral benefit – all valuable services before the widespread availability of medical, disability and life insurance. The organization quickly became a leader in influencing national politics, pushing to create Mother’s Day and eventually Social Security, Medicare and more. The Eagles’ growing membership, comprised of many prominent local figures, held a position of great influence in communities everywhere."