Insignia Patch

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Insignia Patch

Entry/Object ID

2002.14.4

Description

Shield-shaped insignia patch showing an armored hand holding a missile and using it to break a swastika. The wrist of the hands has wings. The words "CAN DO" are in a banner across the top.

Context

Owned by Edwin Loren Little of Poultney, Vermont, during World War II, when he flew his B-17 bomber, which he named the Green Mountain Rambler.

Acquisition

Accession

2002.14

Source or Donor

Little, Edwin Loren (1918-2004)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1943

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Patch, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Little, Edwin Loren (1918-2004)

Related Places

Place

Town

Poultney

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

World War II