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Date
1940 – 1950
Material
metal; enamel
Catalogue Number
103.01.0040
Description
A round buttonhole pin with a design of two flags, with their staffs crossed, on a blue background. The background has east-Asian characters written between the flag staffs. One flag has a blue winged symbol at the centre of a white ground, and the other has gold writing on a red and white ground. …
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Title
Lapel Pin
Date
1940 – 1950
Material
metal; enamel
Dimensions
2.4 (bar) x 1.3 (chain cm
Description
A round buttonhole pin with a design of two flags, with their staffs crossed, on a blue background. The background has east-Asian characters written between the flag staffs. One flag has a blue winged symbol at the centre of a white ground, and the other has gold writing on a red and white ground. A short chain attaches the buttonhole bar to a small ring soldered to back of the pin.
Subject
decorative
clothing
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0040
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