Pin for the 758th Tank Battalion owned by Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A pin for the 758th Tank Battalion of the United States Army owned by Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls. The pin is rectangular in shape with a rounded bottom edge. The pin is silver with white and black enamel. The pin’s main design element is a white enameled shield shape with the 758th's distinctive unit insignia, the head of an African elephant with large white tusks, centrally depicted. The elephant’s head is enameled in black with white enameled tusks that have been outlined in silver. Below the elephant insignia is the 758th's motto, [WE PIERCE], written in silver, against a black enameled banner. The back side of the pin has a vertically oriented brooch pin back bar that has been attached to the back of the pin. There are no marks visible on the back of the pin.

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