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USMC Homefront Button/Ribbon?


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Wifey found this on eBay and figured it was interesting enough to pick up for X-Mas. She knows a Droop Wing when she sees it.

 

Interesting button with a droop wing EGA on it and a red/white/blue ribbon drape. I'm guessing 1930s or 1940s homefront support button, maybe for parades? Anyone have any ideas. I saw just the button once before, but this is the first intact one I can recollect

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Good wifey! Nice pin......agree with your time frame. Merry Christmas, Tim. Thank you for your service. Semper Fi......Bob

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It may be for use on the blue star flags that people put in the window to show they had a child in the service. My wife's great-grandmother had four children serving during WWI and had pins on the flag for their services:

 

 

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You are correct on the timeframe. They made the same desgin in Navy, Army and Army Air Corps as well. I would asy the pin is 1.5 inches in size if it is the same series. Also, nice to have a wife that has a good eye for items. Mine got me two nice Spanish American War pins. Merry Chrismas

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very neat flag, FS. Mine is about 4-5 inches long

 

That makes it the perfect size to hang on the flags: the pin with ribbons on the flag is about 4-5 inches long.

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