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RMS clerk chest badge, number 12046
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RMS clerk chest badge, number 12046

American Railway Supply Company · 1899

metal (possibly unplated nickel silver, nickel plated steel, or nickel plated brass)
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CC0 — Public Domain
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U.S. Post Office Department Railway Mail Service (RMS) eagle-style chest badge, number 12046, 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 surrounding it; lower portion has branches on either side of a raised crest with the badge number.

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