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WWI USA War Service Ship Building pinback Worker Badge #'d 41728
WWI USA War Service Ship Building pinback Worker Badge #'d 41728
WWI USA War Service Ship Building pinback Worker Badge #'d 41728

WWI USA War Service Ship Building pinback Worker Badge #'d 41728

$ 18.48

Availability: 17 in stock
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Condition: VGC copper badge. Pin and "c" closure slightly bent. Could be easily adjusted.

    Description

    Lovely WWI War Service Ship Building Worker badge. Measures: 2" x 1 1/2"
    Footnote: The United States entered the First World War in April 1917. Within days, the federal government created the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to construct a fleet of merchant ships. The EFC hired the American International Shipbuilding Corporation to build and operate the largest shipyard in the world: Hog Island, near Philadelphia. This badge identified the wearer as a member of the First World War Hog Island shipbuilding team.