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Surprise your favorite person (or treat yourself) with this fun pin.
This exquisite 14 karat solid yellow gold Kappa Nu fraternal pin is set with 16 natural round white pearls, each measuring 1.5 millimeters in diameter and each weighing an estimated 0.026 carats, for a total pearl weight of 0.416 carats. The pearls are accented with four round-cut natural amethysts, each measuring 1.5 millimeters in diameter, and each weighing an estimated 0.021 carats, for a total amethyst weight of 0.084 carats. The pin measures 21.58 millimeters (just under 7/8 inch) long by 12.97 millimeters (just over 1/2 inch) wide. It weighs 4.8 grams. This pin is unmarked, but acid tested positive as 14 karat gold and does not react to a magnet. The pin is dated 1932 and monogrammed WKH for William Kingdon Harris (1912-1970). Excellent condition from the estate of Jacqueline Cato Hijmans Harris, sister-in-law of the original owner.
Kappa Nu (ΚΝ) was an American College Fraternity that was active from 1911 to 1961 when it merged with Phi Epsilon Pi.
Jacqueline Cato Hijmans was born in Java, Indonesia of Dutch parents on October 8, 1922. Her family returned to Holland in the early 1930s and survived the Nazi occupation of 1940-1945. When American soldiers liberated Holland, she vowed to "pay back" the thousands of soldiers who gave their lives to save the world from Hitler and free people they did not know. When schools reopened, she went to University and, in an accelerated program, became a doctor in three years. In 1951, she came to the US for medical residencies in Kentucky and Boston. In 1954, she came to Duke University School of Medicine as a Fellow in Gastroenterology. It was there that she met Jerome S Harris, her future husband.
In 1957, she fulfilled her promise to herself, joining the US Army Medical Corps, and becoming Chief of Gastroenterology at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Jerry and Jacqueline were married in Denver in 1958. He talked her into returning to Duke. They started a wonderful life together but she never forgot her promise to "pay back" and she joined the US Army Reserves, rising to the rank of Colonel. Together they visited Native American Reservation Hospitals and small Army bases across the country. She earned both the Army Commendation Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal for her work. Jacqueline died on February 21st, 2019.
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