Button
- Object Name:
- Button
- Object ID:
- 2001.017.28
- Creator:
- Bastian Bros. -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NY
- Date:
- 1943-1945
- Description:
- Badge. Circular white plastic badge, folded tab at top. Blue image of the Minute Man statue with banner below; white lettering in banner: "MINUTE MAN". Blue lettering on badge: "OFFICIAL / DEFENSE SAVINGS". Two union bugs on folded-over tab; one is rectangular with diamond inside and letters "I. P. E. [U.]"; number to right side is illegible. other bug is oval, printing illegible. Text below: "BASTIAN BROS. CO., ROCHESTER, N Y".
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- H-1.9 W-1.85 inches
- Provenance:
- Ralph W. Holt of Nashua, NH (b.1883) was a building contractor. He served seven years in the NH National Guard and was chief trumpeter on the staff of General J. E. Tolles. He held ward and city offices, was a member of the Legislature of 1915 and a delegate to the 1918 NH Constitutional Convention.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
- People:
- Holt, Ralph (1883-1937)
- Subjects:
- World War II, War bonds & funds
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