Extremely Rare Early 1950s Eniwetok Proving Ground Holmes & Narver Employee 3 Years Service Pin

This is an extremely rare circa early 1950s Eniwetok Proving ground three years of service employee lapel pin for a private construction contractor, Holmes & Narver, Inc. Located in the Marshall Islands, the Eniwetok atoll bore witness to several A-bomb tests conducted by the USAF and USN between 1948 and 195This pin dates from the atoll's hydrogen bomb testing era, circa (1951-1958). Almost two decades later the area went through a decontamination process. The gold-filled pin was made by Balfour and is embellished with a mushroom cloud. It has a removable tab with a "3" separate from the main pin.

Circa early 1950's.

Approximately 9/16" in width and 3/4" in height (including tab).

Gold-filled, enamel.

Single screw post with disc backing, removable "3" tab.

LGB (Balfour maker mark) 1/10 10K GF (on reverse of each piece).

This is from a post-WWII Atomic Bomb Test & Research collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MBJV13 LBDEX9/14 SLCGEX06/25

8 (Excellent-): The pin has little wear.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.