Object Details
- Description
- U. S. Post Office Department Railway Mail Service (RMS) eagle-style chest badge, number 6692, 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 surround it; lower portion has branches on either side of a raised crest with the badge number.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Manufacturer
- C. G. Braxmar
- Associated Organization
- Railway Mail Service (RMS), 1838 - 1977
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- possibly unplated nickel silver, nickel plated steel, or nickel plated brass
- Dimensions
- 2.75 x 2.125 in. (6.985 x 5.3975 cm)
- Type
- Employee Gear
