Ship UNITED STATES LINES Employee Badge AMERICA - WASHINGTON - MANHATTAN Halm'k

Description

Just a whole lot of history for this piece.   1-1/4 inch diameter.  Maker:  F.G. GLOVER COMPANY - Successor to AMERICAN RAILWAY COMPANY, NEW YORK (longtime maker of railroad badges circa 1879-1940 and once located at 139 Charles Street, New York City. .  Years of honest wear and at true survivor with rare makers mark. Original working pin.      #############################  UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY  ###############
U.S. Lines co-founder was Kermit Roosevelt,  the son off President Roosevelt    Absorbed by American Line (1932) -   During World War II the ships Washington and Manhattan were converted to troop carriers and nemed:  USS WAKEFIELD & USS MOUNT VERNON . . .