United States Boys' Working Reserve (USBWR) 1918 Service Pin
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United States Boys' Working Reserve (USBWR) 1918 Service Pin

Code: z99hfwa90009c


SOLD!!! No Longer Available!

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ARTIFACT: This is a United States Boys Working Reserve 1918 honorable service pin. According to an old Indiana Board of Education booklet, the reserve was an "enrolled army of patriotic volunteer youths between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years, organized under the United States Department of Labor, to help the nation on the farm and in the factory to win the war. Every boy who is physically fit, who is of proper age, is eligible for this non-military civilian army." The pin is a rectangular bar with a hatch-marked background and a scalloped border.

VINTAGE: Circa 1918.

SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height and 1-3/8" in width.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Copper or copper-plated brass, brass pin.

ATTACHMENT: Horizontal safety-style pin with saddle.

MARKINGS: BASTIAN BROS. CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. and union mark.

ITEM NOTES: This is from a homefront collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. REX94 LDEX11/10 SDJX3/13

CONDITION: 7 (Very Fine): Pin has moderate wear and tarnish.

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