WWII US Merchant Marine Service "Torpedoed" Sterling Lapel Badge
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WWII US Merchant Marine Service "Torpedoed" Sterling Lapel Badge

Code: z99mm90001t


SOLD!!! No Longer Available!

Product Description

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PLEASE NOTE: Kana will be BACK IN THE OFFICE as of TUESDAY 07/01,

BUT I will not be back in the Office until MONDAY July 7th,

So we will be keeping the Yellow Notification up through JULY 4th Weekend!!

As I still have MOST of our Military Artifacts and SOME of our LE Badges with me on the Road, so there could be delays in shipping!!

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ARTIFACT: 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.

VINTAGE: Circa World War II.

SIZE: About 1 -1/8" in width by 3/16" in height.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Sterling silver with hard-fired blue enamel with sterling silver pin.

ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with drop-in locking catch.

MARKINGS: Mark showing that pin was made by a union, which was important to the merchant mariners, as they were all in unions.

ITEM NOTES: This is from a large collection of United States of America Merchant Marine items which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VGEX07 LCGEX SCGEX2/11

CONDITION: 9 (Excellent&emdash;Near Mint): Virtually no wear, very slight tarnish on fin.

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