Vintage Duke University Hoof-Horn Secret Society Key Charm & Signed Letter For Sale

Item Specifics:Organization: Hoof \'n\' Horn Student Musical Theater Company (Duke University)Included: One 1/10 10K Gold Filled Key Charm (LGB Balfour) and One Signed Letter from Arthur S Browne Washington DC Law OfficeCondition: Excellent vintage condition. The key has a brilliant high-luster finish with no tarnish and bold blue enamel detailing. The letterhead document shows historical folds and natural aging but is fully intact and legible.Item Description:Up for sale is a museum-quality piece of collegiate history: an authentic vintage Duke University Hoof \'n\' Horn honor key charm pendant, complete with its original signed provenance letter on the Washington, D.C. legal stationery of Arthur S. Browne.The front of the key features the classic blue enamel stylized Duke mascot head framed by the words HOOF-HORN and DUKE. The reverse side is stamped with the Balfour manufacturer hallmark LGB and the material composition 1/10 10K GF.Founded in 1936, Hoof \'n\' Horn is Duke University\'s legendary student musical theater organization—the oldest of its kind in the American South. Historically, these distinctive keys were awarded exclusively to executive board members and students showing exceptional devotion to the arts on campus. Because items from this historic group rarely surface with their original accompanying early-20th-century paper trail, this archive is a premier collectible for Duke alumni and collegiate historians.