File:The pin of Phi Beta Phi medical fraternity.jpg

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Description	This is the pin of Phi Beta Pi, a professional medical fraternity formed in 1891 at West Pennsylvania Medical College, now a department of the University of Pittsburgh.
Author or copyright owner	Unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://picclick.com/14k-Gold-Skull-Bones-Medical-Fraternity-Pin-Phi-134798660572.html
Date of publication	circa 1891
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Phi Beta Pi
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): Identifying pin, worn by members.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	I color corrected the already-small image, then cropped it further. I then removed transparency.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of the artwork will not impact the commercial viability of the art.
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