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RMS clerk chest badge, number 74996
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RMS clerk chest badge, number 74996

Railway Mail Service (RMS), 1838 - 1977 · 1949

metal (nickel plated brass)
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

U.S. Post Office Department Postal Transportation Service (PTS) chest badge, number 74996, 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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