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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0039.001

MANUFACTURER: Reader's Digest
MODEL: Pocket Reference Guide to Army Navy Marine Corps Insignia
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Paper; steel staples.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 15.2 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Readers Digest
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this booklet a supplement to the March 1943 Reader's Digest.
Canada: Collectively, this collection provides a window into some of the more personal aspects of wartime service life for the average Airman, including how he spent his leave.
Function: Illustrated guide to rank insignia, trade & qualification badges, command badges & decorations of the United States armed forces.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on the front cover reads: "Supplement to the March, 1943 Reader's digest/Reproduced by permission from/Newsweek Magazine/A POCKET GUIDE/ARMY NAVY/MARINE CORPS/INSIGNIA".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Front cover has white lettering on brown background across the top; black lettering on white outline of an eagle set against a blue background; red star.
Decoration: Symbol on the front cover shows the outline of an eagle atop a circular field bearing a pentagram star; below which is an olive branch.

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Reader's Digest, Booklet, 1943, Artifact no. 2010.0039, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0039.001/

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