Public Schools Athletic League championships chief inspector's badge from the St. Louis 1904 Olympics. Bronze-tone, 32 mm x 32, by Dieges & Clust, New York. The badge features a central male figure holding a banner that reads “Pax” [Peace] with embossed upper and lower text: “Universal Exposition” and “St. Louis U.S.A., 1904.” Suspended from a red, white, and blue ribbon, gilt-stamped, “Public Schools A. L. Meet, July 4 - 5 - 6, 1904,” with the upper pin bar reading: “Chief Inspector.” The ribbon exhibits significant wear and fraying. According to Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac for 1905, the 'Olympic Championships of the Public Schools Athletic League' were open 'to all high and elementary schoolboys under 19 and 15 years of age, respectively,' and consisted primarily of track and field events.
