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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Another mystery item solved!

Hi everyone.

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, work has been busy! Today I received information on one of the mystery items I posted awhile ago. To refresh your memory, here is the post I published describing the pin followed by the found information.

Today I have a possible military pin, maybe from World War II? This pin has a white enamel crest with a deep blue diagonal cross imprinted with a tiny fleur de lis pattern. There is a curved banner under the crest with the slogan "To The Last Man". Pin is approximately 1-1/8" high with a regular pin back with locking mechanism.

Now, here's the solution. This information was taken from the following website:

http://www.43d-research.com/43d_unit_crests.html

103rd Infantry Regiment. Maine National Guard.

Originally approved on July 14,1924 for the 103d Infantry. The shield background is white for Infantry, the blue saltire represents Civil War service (North), and the eight fleurs-de-lis, World War I service in France. Motto on banner reads "To The Last Man". The original 103rd Infantry of 1941 had many companies where commands would be given in French.
Campaigns: Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons, New Guinea and Luzon; arrived in Japan for occupation duty 13 Sept 1945.
The 103rd crest was redesignated in 1959 for the 103rd Armored Cavalry, in 1961 for the 20th Armor, and in 1968 to the 133rd Eng. Bn.

Well, that's all for now. I will post another mystery item, tomorrow. Until then, happy treasure hunting!

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