I picked up this Tinnie and pins.
Can anyone tell me whether they are authentic?
Thank you in advance.
Can anyone tell me whether they are authentic?
Thank you in advance.
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Anton,
Believe these three are good, but cannot comment on the tinnie.........
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What is the "E" badge?
KarlComment
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The E badge is a US Victory in Europe pin.
I had just taken the photo with all together.
Not asking for an opinion on that one.Comment
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The "E" badge was an award to a factory worker employed at an Honored Facility.
"The Army-Navy "E" Award was an honor presented to a company during World War II for excellence in production of war equipment. The award was also known as the Army-Navy Production Award. The award would consist of a pennant for the plant and emblems for all employees in the plant at the time the award was made. The pennant was triangular swallowtail with a white border, with a capital E within a yellow wreath of oak and laurel leaves on a vertical divided blue and red background. ARMY is on the red background and NAVY on the blue background.
Usually an Army officer and a Navy officer would be present at a ceremony when a company would assemble all the employees and a ceremony would ensue. After the award of the pennant to the plant (to be flown), the employees present would receive their pins. A total of 4,283 companies received the award in the course of the war.[1] This amounted to about 4% of the companies engaged in war work. Plants with continuing excellent work were awarded stars to add to their pennant. A handful of plants earned up to six stars by the end of the war. The Army-Navy "E" Award program was terminated after the war ended."
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