WWII PT- Boat Officer’s Pin in Gilt – SOLD

Elco made pin for PT- Boat officers in WWII.

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Description

Obviously much scarcer than the enlisted ranks silver variety, is this Sterling gilt plated pin made by Elco Motor Yachts Co. (Electric Boats Division), marked on the reverse, “ELCO/ STERLING/ DESIGN COPYRIGHTED C ELCO NAVAL DIVISION.”

The pin is 2.5 inches long, pin back.

Condition is excellent with 90+% gilt remaining.

Elco Patrol- Torpedo (PT) boats were 80 feet long and made of plywood, seeing most of the fleet being used in the Pacific and Aleutian Islands during WWII.

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Weight .75 lbs