[little jeremiah]

Maybe someone else knows about this? Could the eagle pin be something else? I do not know about these things.

[Oratam]

I think to be a phoenix proper it needs to have flames at the bottom out of which the bird rises.

I think the pin resembles the eagle atop the globe on the mace uswd by the sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives.

[genesismt]

Defconw is from South Dakota, she probably knows.