Bracelet
Bracelet
Bracelet

Bracelet

Object number2017.116.5
MediumGold; Enamel
Credit LineIn memory of Edward Ruglovsky
DescriptionTen-karat gold thirty-five-year service bracelet. Gold is electroplated. Gold bracelet is comprised of large oval links connected by smaller figure-eight links; spring ring clasp at the end. Circular gold medallion suspended from bracelet has decorative relief on the front consisting of a circle at top with company acronym flanked by laurel branches; years of service are at center and gold company name is at bottom on black enamel background; ring at top of medallion connects to bracelet. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 4.938 x 0.813 x 0.188 in. (12.5 x 2.1 x 0.5 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front has gold text "USS / 35 YRS / UNITED STATES STEEL CORP."
Marks(a)
Reverse has maker logo at bottom center with "B" at center of logo; text to the right of the logo reads "1/10 10KGE".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items documenting Edward Ruglovsky’s WWII service in the 10th Infantry Regiment and his industrial career at U. S. Steel. Ed Ruglovksy was with 10th as a combat infantryman from January 1944 through the war’s end, and through the campaigns to take Western Europe – Rhineland, Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, etc. Ruglovsky said it was “the worst place to be” and that he spent a “year being absolutely terrified.” Some of these things he acquired by trading Russian soldiers for them at the end of the war, which fits with the reality that combat infantryman – while in active combat – were not able to collect and save much, so acquiring items from another soldier at war’s end fits with Ruglovsky’s history of service.
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