Several devices are used to dignify and enhance CMH ceremonies, particularly the annual banquet which is conducted as a formal mess. Originally, these items were identified by Fellow Linnea Bass in Issue 1 of the former CMH Dispatch, Ceremonial Devices of the Company and Its Officers.
The items are listed below:
| President’s Badge | Worn on a ribbon of the Company’s colors (red, gray, blue) this silver badge is a restrike of the U.S. Marine Corps shoulder belt plate engraved by Moritz Furst in 1826. The badge was struck in silver using original dies in the possession of Company Founder and fellow, J. Duncan Campbell. An alternative view of the President’s Badge |  |
| Past President’s Badge | Also the gift of J. Duncan Campbell the badge is a restrike of an infantry shoulder belt engraved by Moritz Furst in 1826. The first restrike was presented to Former President James Hazlett at the 1974 Fellows Meeting in Charleston, S.C. |  |
| Gavel | Used by the President only on formal occasions, is made from wood recovered from a U.S. gunboat sunk in Lake Champlain in 1814. |  |
| Sounding Board | Made and presented by J. Duncan Campbell in 1973, the sounding board is made from the wooden propeller of a U.S. World War I aircraft dynamo. |  |
| Founders’ Cup | The past presidents of the Company presented this silver-plated wine goblet to the company at the 2000 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. It honors the Company’s founders. It was created by a Korean artisan from a brass 105-mm shell casing fired during the Korean conflict. The company logo is engraved on the front with the founders names inscribed alphabetically on either side. |  |
