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City letter carrier cap badge
Object Details
- Description
- U.S. Post Office Department City Delivery Service cap badge with horizontal hinged pin and clasp on verso. Laurel wreath (without bow) supersedes circular medallion inscribed "U.S. MAIL."
- Many city and village postmasters required that letter carriers wear badges to identify themselves as employees of the Post Office Department before Postmaster General Randall mandated badges in 1887. The cap badge shown is one such example.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1877-1922
- Object number
- 0.052985.4
- Associated Organization
- City Free Delivery Service
- Type
- Employee Gear
- Medium
- metal (German silver)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 2 1/2 × 2 × 1/2 in. (6.35 × 5.08 × 1.27 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- American Expansion (1800-1860)
- Postal Employees
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.4
- Usage
- CC0
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