Name/Title
Civil Defense District Captain's armband of Otto Borgwardt, 1941-1945Entry/Object ID
2001.61.2Description
Acc. No. 01.61.2
Subject: World War II
Date/Period: 1941-1945
Object: Badge, Arm Band
Description: Arm badge made of off-white canvas with stenciled implement consisting of blue-andwhite colored triangle on a circular background of dark blue. Emblem accompanied by an abbreviated caption, “DIST. CAPT.” and the number 24.
Size: L 4” x W 17”
History: District Captain's armband for the Civil Defense Program during World War II and worn by the late-Otto Borgwardt.
Given to the Historical Society in 1955 and never catalogued.
Acquired From: Otto Borgwardt
Date: 2/24/01