Pin

Object Name:

Pin

Object ID:

2015.023.20

Date:

1942-1945

Description:

Pin. "Sweetheart" pin of the Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) of the US Army Air Forces Air Service Command. Belonged to Hibbert V. Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. Silver and enamel. Front displays a round field with a pair of wings below. Silver and red propeller on yellow gear, centered on blue field with twelve silver five-pointed stars. Bronze wings behind two-bladed propeller. Pinback with a roll locking pin catch. Stamped on reverse, "STERLING". Chain connects larger pin to smaller silver pin with propeller and wings; stamped on reverse, "STERLING"; this pin, too, has a roll locking pin catch.

Material:

Metal
Silver
Enamel

Dimensions:

H-0.7 W-0.5 D-0.2 inches

Provenance:

Belonged to Master Sergeant Hibbert Vaughn Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942. He was an Administrative Specialist serving at several air bases in the U.S., then, in 1944, in the China-Burma-India theater and in the Marianas Islands. He received an honorable discharge in 1945. He operated a service station in Milford, NH, before and after the war.

Credit Line:

Gift of the family of Hibbert Vaughn Miles

People:

Miles, Hibbert V. (1915-2001)

Subjects:

World War II, Air forces, Army, Insignia, Propellers, Airplane