Commemorative beige ribbon. Top has a yellow eagle with a shield on its chest. Shield has a yellow partial American flag with a white border around it. Eagle's wings are spread-eagle, mouth open and facing right. Eagle's right foot is standing on arrows and it's left foot is on a branch. Eagle is standing on a yellow rectangular object with linear markings on it. Below the eagle is an American flag with a round Columbus symbol on it. The outer ring of the symbol is blue, then a white ring inside it. Inside that is a blue ring, then a yellow ring with the blue text "LANDING OF COLUMBUS" with dots between each word and at the start and end of the string of text. The focal point of the symbol is a depiction of Columbus planting a flag presumably on American soil with other people nearby and their ships in the background. Below the American flag is a blue banner-shaped outline. Top line of text inside it is "National Public School Celebration" in blue. Next lines are "COLUMBUS DAY" in red, "Oct. 21st" in blue, "1492" and "1892" on the same line in red. Below that is "OFFICIAL BADGE," and finally, "PATENT APPLIED FOR" both in blue. All text in the banner outline is centered. Ribbon is fraying at the edges, especially: the top; 4cm from the bottom on the right side about 2 cm in; 3 cm from the bottom on the left side about 1 cm in. There is a small brown stain by the eagle's mouth. Faint brown stains are on the front and back--appear to be from age. Back of the ribbon is plain beige with "0-01956" written in blue ink on the lower right hand corner.