Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Insignia
Object Number:
2002.1.3402
Date:
1910-1950
Medium:
Metal, cloth
Dimensions:
2 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 in.
Description:
A dark brown colored metal military cap badge consisiting of a spread winged eagle behind a shield with a laurel branch and arrows in its talons and an "E Pluribus Unum" banner in its beak, all below an oval sunburst with stars and radiating rays-the Seal of the United States. A screw knob on the back allows attachment to the front of a cap. Mounted on a piece of olive drab canvas.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
