BUTTON, MILITARY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIFORM BUTTONS
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- BRASS?
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021011
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIFORM BUTTONS
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- BRASS?
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Description
- BUTTONS ARE GOLD IN COLOR WITH AN AMERICAN EAGLE ON THE FACE, HOLDING OLIVE BRANCHES AND SPEARS IN IT'S TWO TALONS. THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT SIZES. THE LARGEST BUTTON IS 1.3 CM IN HEIGHT, WITH A 2.8 CM DIAMETER. THE THREE SMALLER BUTTONS ARE 1.1 CM IN HEIGHT, AND 1.6 CM IN DIAMETER. ON THE BACK OF THE THREE SMALLER BUTTONS ARE THE WORDS "NY CITY BUTTON WORKS". ON THE BACK OF THE LARGER BUTTON, THERE ARE THE WORDS "C.EVANS & CO. INC...." THE REST OF THE WORDS ARE FADED.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- CLOTHING -- ACCESSORY
- 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. THESE BUTTONS WERE USED ON THE UNITED STATES MILITARY UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE FSSF. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021011
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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