Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification

Badge, Identification

Object number2008.37.11
MediumMetal
Credit LineGift of Gerald Price
DescriptionSilver metal circular employee badge. Front painted orange. Embossed, unpainted letters in arcs at top and bottom with company name and location. In center is a black and white photograph of Peter Grillo. Below photo is a small rectangular window, with paper bearing handwritten numbers in ink. Straight pin on back.Dimensions1.625 x 1.625 in. (4.1 x 4.1 cm)
InscriptionsEmbossed, unpainted letters in arcs at top and bottom: "THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO. / WILMERDING, PA."

Below photo is a small rectangular window, with paper, handwritten in ink, "24-9".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items related to Westinghouse Airbrake Company (WABCO) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, where donor Gerald Price's grandfather, Peter Grillo, and most of his family, worked. Part of a larger collection related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.
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