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- RMS clerk cap badge, number 24447
RMS clerk cap badge, number 24447
Object Details
- Description
- This is a U.S. Post Office Department Railway Mail Service (RMS) oval-style cap badge, number 24447, with horizontal pin and clasp on verso.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1898
- Object number
- 0.052985.11
- Manufacturer
- American Railway Supply Company
- Associated Organization
- Railway Mail Service (RMS), 1838 - 1977
- Type
- Employee Gear
- Medium
- metal (unplated nickel silver)
- Dimensions
- 6.4 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Postal Employees
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.11
- Usage
- CC0
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