Posted 3 years ago
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Here's a little one I know next to nothing about. It is a small sterling silver fob (golf tee marker?) about 1-1/4" across with a crest design for "MUSKOGEE TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB" including crossed golf clubs, a "4" in a heart at the top, and "1909" at the bottom, all on its front side. The backside has been engraved "Class C GUY BOWMAN" along with its stamped "WCo." logo and STERLING mark.
That's what I know -- I don't play or really even like golf, don't tend to visit country clubs or attend events held at them, have no idea who Mr. Bowman is/was, and the only 'class C' I'm aware of offhand is a type of driver's license. Oh, and I do know Muskogee is a city in Oklahoma, but I don't think I've ever been there.
A very quick internet search suggests that Muskogee is a city that does have a country club, perhaps the 2nd or 3rd one ever located in the then Oklahoma Territory, which was formed in 1903 with the "Town And Country Club" name but without an actual golf course until 1907/08 or so then enlarged in 1911, and apparently still existing renamed as Muskogee Golf Club.
I'm not marking it as an unsolved mystery, but WILL HAPPILY WELCOME anybody's comments and suggestions about what it actually IS and is used for, if Mr. Bowman could have been somebody 'famous', or even simply what the 4 would mean and if 1909 could actually be the year it was made. (to commemorate what??) I don't recognize the "W Co" logo stamp either, if anyone can tell me what that is.
Categorizing this thing is a toss-up between several that don't really fit...sorry 'bout that... ;-) :-)
