American flag lapel pin owned by Pvt. John Roland Anderson

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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.

An American flag lapel pin owned by Pvt. John Roland Anderson. The metal and enamel pin is molded to resemble a waving American flag mounted on a hoist and is embellished with two hanging cords with tassels. The flag features thirteen red and white horizonal stripes divided by gold lines and a blue enameled field in the top left corner with 48 gold five-pointed stars. The fly end of the flag overlaps itself as if blowing in the wind. The back of the pin is a plain, coppery-gold tone metal with no markings. Across the top center is a silver tone pin with a matching locking safety catch.

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