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- Postal employee chest badge, number 592
Postal employee chest badge, number 592
Object Details
- Description
- U.S. Post Office Department clerk badge, number 592, with horizontal hinged pin and safety clasp on verso. Shield bears horse and rider medallion marked "POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT / KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN; numerical figures on raised upper banner; lower portion inscribed "EMPLOYEE."
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1950s
- Object number
- 1988.0574.1
- Type
- Employee Gear
- Medium
- brass, bronze, or potmetal
- Dimensions
- 0.25 x 1.5 x 1.5 in. (0.635 x 3.81 x 3.81 cm)
- Place
- Michigan
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Postal Employees
- Record ID
- npm_1988.0574.1
- Usage
- CC0
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