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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

United States Army Air Forces Enlisted Men’s Cap Badge

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c. 1940

Overview

Circular gold metal badge with bald headed eagle in centre holding laurel leaves and arrows in talons. A shield on the breast depicts the stripes while the circle above the eagle contains the stars. Latin saying “PLURIBUS UNUM” is imprinted into ribbon held in eagle’s beak. Badge has a gold-like gilt finish.

Historical information

Second World War United States Army Air Forces cap badge.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2010.9.6

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Width

40 mm

Height or length

40 mm

Depth

15 mm

Weight

26 g

Inscriptions and markings

“PLURIBUS UNUM” on front.

Keywords

UNITED STATES of AMERICA

Second World War

Place made

United States

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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