Patch, Insignia
Patch, Insignia
Patch, Insignia

Patch, Insignia

Object number2016.114.6
Date1980-1989
MediumFabric
Credit LineGift of Sherry Murray
DescriptionShield-shaped patch. Gray patch with red embroidered border and inset black embroidered border. Center has red, white, and black embroidered company name and department.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (with tail folded behind object): 4.875 × 4 × 0.125 in. (12.4 × 10.2 × 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (with tail hanging down): 6.625 × 4 × 0.125 in. (16.8 × 10.2 × 0.3 cm)
InscriptionsCenter has red, white, and black embroidered text "LTV Steel / SECURITY".
Historical NotesSecurity patch that belonged to one of Roy Murray, Jr.’s employees in the 1980s. Sherry Murray was employed as the Director of Industrial Relations for the Pittsburgh Works of J&L/LTV from 1984-1989, where she met her husband, Roy Murray, Jr., a plant employee from 1964-1988 (retired in 2004 as Director of Collective Bargaining Serves, USWA). After it closed, she worked for a time with Alcoa in a similar leadership position. Roy’s dad, J. Roy Murray, Sr., was with the Steelworkers Organizing Committee and Local 1843 of the Steelworkers (who negotiated the first contract between the USWA and J&L Steel).
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