BADGE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLLAR BADGE
- Date Range From
- 1941
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20000079010
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLLAR BADGE
- Date Range From
- 1941
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 1.1
- Diameter
- 2.5
- Description
- ROUND PIN. GOLD COLOURED. ON FRONT ARE THE RAISED LETTERS "U.S.". BACK HAS A SCREW ON FASTENER; IT IS ROUND WITH SCALLOPED EDGES.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- THE DONOR OF THIS ARTIFACT, JOHN LLOYD KNIGHT, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEVILS BRIGADE) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THIS COLLAR IS NOT SPECIFIC TO KNIGHT'S ACTIVITIES WITH THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE. RATHER, THE COLLAR WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN BY AN AMERICAN DEVIL’S BRIGADE PEER. KNIGHT BELIEVED HE SOLICITED IT OR WAS GIVEN IT FROM AN AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE UNIT. HE STATED THAT HE WORE COVERALLS WORN IN THE FIELD/COMBAT AND THE COLLAR WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN WITH A SERVICE TUNIC. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000079010
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-07
- Collection
- Museum
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