PAIR ARMY GILT ENLISTED MAN INSIGNIA MALTESE CROSS 1901 HOSPITAL STEWARD MEDIC

Description

I PURCHASED A BATCH OF THESE INSIGNIAS RECENTLY AT A SHOW AND I AM OFFERING EACH PAIR FOR .50
THEY ARE ORIGINAL TO 1901!
I HAVE QUITE A FEW PAIRS. POSTAGE WILL BE THE SAME AT .95  IF YOU BUY ONE PAIR OR SEVERAL.
A PAIR OF US ARMY MALTESE CROSS MEDICAL ENLISTED MAN COLLAR INSIGNIA FOR THE WARD DUTY UNIFORM COLLAR. THIS WAS A WHITE UNIFORM.
MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS TYPE OF INSIGNIA WAS ADOPTED BY THE US ARMY IN 1901 AND WERE MADE BY THE HORSTMANN COMPANY. IN 1902 THE INSIGNIA BECAME OBSOLETE AS THE ARMY ADOPTED THE CADUCEUS FOR ALL MEDICAL PERSONNEL
THE EXCELLENT REFERENCE BOOK BY LTC EMERSON TITLED "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF US ARMY INSIGNIA AND UNIFORM" ON PAGE 201 FIGURE 11-159 SHOWS THIS INSIGNIA.
THEY HAVE  FUNCTIONAL PINBACK SOMETIMES A LITTLE BENT.   THE INSIGNIAS ARE GENERALLY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SHOWING NO WEAR.
MEASURE ABOUT 7/8 INCH WIDE.
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