Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Shoulder patches
Object Number:
INV.11388f-i
Date:
1940-1946
Medium:
Cotton, rayon
Dimensions:
largest: 5 x 3 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 9.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Shield-shaped white cotton patches; two patches have two blue cotton chevrons at bottom, and the two others have one blue chevron at bottom; in center of all patches are blue rayon crossed wings surmounted by blue rayon eagle.
Credit Line:
Gift of H. Maxson Holloway, 1946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
