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- Sea post clerk chest badge, number 81
Sea post clerk chest badge, number 81
Object Details
- Description
- U.S. Post Office Department Sea Post Service chest badge, number 81, with vertical hinged pin and clasp on verso. Spread eagle clutching arrows and olive branch surmounts oval medallion with a U superimposed on an S, thirteen stars surrounding it; lower portion has branches on either side of a raised crest with the badge number.
- Show is an eagle-style chest badge worn by a steamship mail clerk while employed with the Sea Post Service. It is similar in design to the badge issued by the Railway Mail Service.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1891-1940
- Object number
- 1992.2025.1
- Associated Organization
- Sea Post Service
- Type
- Employee Gear
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 5.1 x 6.4 cm (1/2 x 2 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Postal Employees
- Record ID
- npm_1992.2025.1
- Usage
- CC0
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