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- RMS clerk chest badge, number 11127
RMS clerk chest badge, number 11127
Object Details
- Description
- U.S. Post Office Department Railway Mail Service (RMS) eagle-style chest badge, number 11127, 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.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1899
- Object number
- 1996.2010.50
- Associated Organization
- Railway Mail Service (RMS), 1838 - 1977
- Type
- Employee Gear
- Medium
- possibly unplated nickel silver, nickel plated steel, or nickel plated brass
- Dimensions
- 0.4375 x 1.9375 x 2.3125 in. (1.11125 x 4.92125 x 5.87375 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Postal Employees
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Record ID
- npm_1996.2010.50
- Usage
- CC0
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