Help! My daughter really wants to know what this is! She's six and cute so be nice.

Yeah, thats what I posted earlier , also .

 

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I tried a different approach and contacted the ASME in New Haven and they sent me the following reply
Unfortunately, the ASME chapter in New Haven is number 10400 (also we
don't have an "I" in our acronym, obviously).

That is a very interesting medal. I actually just spent 15 minutes
doing online searches myself, to see whether I could find any useful
information. The only interesting thing I could find that related to
"New Haven" and the number 186 was that apparently the local chapter of
the IUPAT (International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, formerly
Int'l Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades) is chapter number 186.
Maybe you should try to find contact info for them, although that's
likely a dead end, too, since it has nothing to do with "ASMIE".
I then tried the Painters and their logo or symbol is not even close.
I agree it does look like a watch fob, is there anything on the reverse?

 

It is pretty obvious that it was issued by or has something to do with ASMIE - American Society of Mechanical and Industrial Engineers in New Haven Connecticut. If you go to the current New Haven chapter Website for ASME, there is a list of local New Haven folk.

http://www.asmenh.org
http://secure.asme.org/ASMESearch/SearchLinks.cfm?type=section

Perhaps one of them can confirm when the local chapter 186 had the name & chapter number changed from 186 to 10400 and ASMIE to ASME. They would probably enjoy seeing this exnumia relating to their long time organization. Sorry that I cannot be more help right now.

I will print your photograph & show it to some area folks when I see them. Allen Berman deals in these kinds of items and he is based here in Southern Connecticut. I'll Email a couple collectors in this area that might be able to help identify it.

 

Wow, thanks all, this is a mystery that might be on its way to solving.

 

Well, you might try contacting one of the larger city libraries in New Haven and ask if they might be of some help. another idea might be to contact one of the New Haven elementary schools. Send them a pic, explain who (your daughter) wants the info on it and see if one of the teachers makes it a class project ? An e-mail sent by your daughter to a classroom in New Haven might be a motivator ?

 

I tried the Painter’s Union, and end up going in a different direction. I searched for "OSPU" that lead me to motor cross. OSPU is a motor cross-classification meaning Over Street Prepared Category Under 2.5L. The X and mountain may represent “cross-country”. There are some auto and motorcycle motor cross clubs in the New Haven area, but I could not link the 186 to any of my findings.

 

I showed it to a couple guys & the reply was the same from both. They don't know what it is but it is interesting & they wish they had time to look into it further but don't have the time.

 

I know this thread is long dead, but I can tell you what this medal is.

This is a medal from the UOSP, the United Order of Splendor and Perfection. UOSP was a side order of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows that existed only for a very short time, about 1924-1925, which it morphed into the AMOS (Ancient Mystical Order of Samaritans), which is still in existence. Originally, this would have hung from a ribbon, probably yellow and red, attached to a pin-back attachment.

Symbols of the UOSP included the volcano, the cross of St. Andrew (or in any case, an X-shaped mark: I don't know the significance/association of the symbol), and the motto "We Never Sleep."

Asmie would be the name of the Sanctorum (the local operating body, equivalent to a Lodge), and apparently Asmie was the 186th registered Sanctorum of the order.

A little more info on the UOSP can be found here.

 

nvm old thread.

 

I think it's a "Mason's" metal of some sort that was on a ribbon. Any Masons out there?
syndicalist7

May be right, I was just guessing.