Badge, Military

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Badge, Military

Entry/Object ID

4668 b,c

Description

Material: metal. [c] U.S. Army insignia. Size: 1 1/4" diameter x 3/4" thick. Description: bronze medal - eagle shaped clutching wheat sheaf and torch in talons - ribbon and medallion at top - threaded screw end on back. (b) Clasp. Size: 1 1/2" diameter x 1/8" deep. Description: bronze disk - small hole in center - attaches to screw end of #4668b - both #4668 (b,c) fit through an eyelet in visored cap (4668a) and attach with two washers and a hexagonal nut. Part of U.S. Army Uniform, #4668a (cap), #4669 (cap), #4670 (overcoat), #4685 (jacket).

Context

Waseca County Military. WWII. Worn by James Gutknecht, Private 1st Class.He served from March 1942 - Oct 1945. He fought in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe. He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Medal.

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Badge, Military

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Badge, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibitions

Notes

8-10/1998

Create Date

March 5, 1999

Update Date

November 21, 2024