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Unknown [Robert L. Stone Leather Name Badge]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.373 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Mariana Islands Type: Object Date: 1943-1946 Pagination: 1 name badge : leather : brown ; 2.9 x 9.6 cm. Order a Copy

A leather name plate that was sewn on to a uniform or bag. It is well worn with smalle holes pierced along the perimeter. "Robert L. Stone" is printed on the leather.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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