chin strap button: Pan American Airways, flight engineer

Date:c. 1940
Medium:Metal, enamel
Credit Line: Gift of Ernest J. Colant
Accession Number:1995.62.01 c
Dimensions:1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (3.8 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Uniform Accessory
Subcategory:Button, Uniform
Manufacturer :Pan American Airways, Inc.
airline: Pan American Airways
company: Pan American World Airways
Description

Chin strap button issued by Pan American Airways; circular gold button with laurel leaves around edge and dark blue and gold map with logotype at center; worn by flight engineer; worn 1932-1944.

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