PIN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PARATROOPER PIN
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021014
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PARATROOPER PIN
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 0.5
- Width
- 1.9
- Description
- VERY SMALL PIN THAT HAS A PARACHUTE FLANKED BY TWO STYLIZED WINGS. THERE IS A CLASP AND PIN AT THE BACK OF THE PIN.
- 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. THE FORCE WAS A TRAINED PARATROOPER UNIT, WITH SKILLS REFLECTED BY THIS PIN. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021014
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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