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chain link buttons: Pan American Airways

Date:1930s
Medium:Metal, enamel
Credit Line: Gift of Beatrice H. Springer
Accession Number:1995.35.06
Dimensions:1 x 2 x 1/4 inches (2.5 x 5.1 x .6 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Uniform Accessory
Subcategory:Jewelry
Manufacturer :Pan American Airways, Inc.
airline: Pan American Airways
company: Pan American World Airways
Description

Chain link buttons issued by Pan American Airways; pair of gold circular disks connected with small chain on back, each with laurel border and small globe with North America and South America and logotype; worn to hold steward's dinner jacket together.

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