Very Rare WWII US Merchant Marine Service "Torpedoed" Sterling Lapel Pin

This is a very rare World War II United States of America Merchant Marine lapel badge given to merchant marines who had been aboard a torpedoed ship. The badge is a horizontal torpedo with a blue stripe along the top showing a "V" for Victory with the word "TORPEDOED" below, also in blue.

Circa World War II.

Approximately 1-1/8" in width by 3/16" in height..

Sterling silver with hard-fired blue enamel with sterling silver pin.

Horizontal pin with drop-in locking catch.

STERLING and faded mark showing that pin was made by a union, which was important to the merchant mariners, as they were all in unions.

This is from a United States Merchant Marine collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAGEX08 LCGEX2/11 TRCGE5/11

7 (Very Fine): The pin has some small areas of moderate wear and tarnish and the pin is slightly bent.

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