Insignia Pins

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Insignia Pins

Entry/Object ID

1958.37.4a-b

Description

Two Selective Service pins, one in the shape of a shield and one a circle. The shield-shaped pin is molded with the inscription, "SELECTIVE SERVICE US". The circle is molded with a caduceus and the inscription, "MEDICAL ADVISOR U S SELECTIVE SERVICE".

Context

Found in the Selective Service records of the Vermont Department of Administration.

Acquisition

Accession

1958.37

Source or Donor

Stone, Ruby Martha Pressy (1892-1984)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Button, Military

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Events

Event

World War II