PIN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HELMET SHIELD PIN
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021016
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HELMET SHIELD PIN
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- METAL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 3.5
- Width
- 3.4
- Description
- PIN IS SHAPED LIKE A SHIELD, AND HAS THE NAZI EAGLE AND ON IT. THE EAGLE (IN SILVER) IS CARRYING A SWASTIKA IN ITS TALONS.
- Subjects
- ADVERTISING MEDIUM
- 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 SHIELD WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN ON THE SIDE OF A GERMAN SOLDIER'S HELMET DURING WWII. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021016
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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