PIP
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- STAR PIP
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021012
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- STAR PIP
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- METAL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 1.4
- Length
- 2.0
- Width
- 2.0
- Description
- SILVER STAR WITH A THICK SCREW IN BASE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A UNIFORM. ON THE BASE OF THE PIP (UNDERNEATH) THERE IS A SMALLER ENGRAVED STAR, AND THE WORDS "SACCONAGHI CORBETTA".
- 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. THAT THE WRITING ON THE BACK OF THIS STAR PIP IS IN ITALIAN SUGGESTS THAT THIS WAS NOT A PIECE OF KNIGHT'S ORIGINAL UNIFORM, BUT RATHER SOMETHING HE WOULD HAVE PICKED UP IN ITALY. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021012
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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