HAPPY HOLIDAYS from The FLYING TIGER Antiques & Vintage Historical Artifacts!!!
UPDATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29TH 2023: Thank YOU ALL for the Holiday Orders!!!
We Hope that all the LUCKY Recipients of these GREAT GIFTS will Just LOVE Them!!
So, NOW is the TIME to ORDER that wonderful ARTIFACT that you've had your eye on, Or that you are buying for that SPECIAL SOMEONE,
as it will SHIP within 24 to 48 Hours of Receipt of Payment, but USUALLY Same Day!!
Just an FYI: Kanae is in JAPAN through December 7th, so I am doing the best I can with shipping!!
And I hope to start LISTING in a day or 2, probably mostly PATCHES until Kanae returns!!
Happy Holidays & Happy Collecting, Ron & Kanae
ARTIFACT:
This is a circa World War II employee photo identification badge for Fitzimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Fitzsimmons had first existed during World War I, but was reconstructed as an Army medical facility under the Works Project Administration of the 1930s. The badge is by A.E. Company of Utica, New York, and displays a photo taken by the United States Army Signal Corps of a bespectacled and serious employee.
VINTAGE:
Circa World War II.
SIZE:
Approximately 1-3/4" in diameter.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Plated brass, paper, photograph, clear celluloid.
ATTACHMENT:
Horizontal pin with drop-in locking swivel catch, clip.
MARKINGS:
AE. CO UTICA N.Y.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a war worker collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. ebay VCEM13 LHEX8/13
CONDITION:
8- (Very Fine-Excellent): The badge has some light wear.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
