Button, Insignia

Object number2009.102.4

Mediumgold; enamel

Credit LineGift of Rebecca Lebeda

DescriptionForty-year service button.Dimensions0.625 x 0.625 in. (1.6 x 1.6 cm)
InscriptionsFront has a badge-shape embossed with "USS".
Front has embossed on center, "40 YRS".
Front has painted in gold at bottom "UNITED STATES STEEL".
MarksMaker's mark engraved on back "LGB / 10 K".
Historical Notes40-year service button of Walter Fawcett, Jr. Born December 15, 1902, and died December 24, 1988. Walter, Jr. never married. He followed his father into the Homestead Steel Mill and worked there for 50 years as a machinist.

Previous owner Walter C. Fawcett Jr.

Related institution United States Steel Corporation

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