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WWI WW1 US War Service Ship Building Worker Employee Badge No.# 65746
$ 6.33
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You are bidding on a WWI US War Service Ship Building Worker Employee Badge.The badge is used and is in good condition with visible signs of wear and age.
The backside of the badge is number #65746, and has a pin and open catch fastener that is in good working order.
The When the United States entered WWI in April 1917, the federal government created the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to construct a fleet of merchant ships. The EFC hired the American International Shipbuilding Corporation to build and operate the largest shipyard in the world at
Hog
Island
, near
Philadelphia
and various other Shipyard locations along the eastern seaboard.
This badge identified the wearer as a member of the shipbuilding team and permitted entrance to the shipyards.
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