United States. A Rare Silver Manhattan Project Lapel Pin GTRexclude and joined the DAF on

and joined the DAF on 1 March 1935

affixed with four attachment clips to a magnetic metal backplate with a field-grey wool liner indicating Heer issue

one is a studio portrait of a soldier resting his right hand on his cartridge pouch and taken from the waist up

except for the finish on the hardware

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United States. A Rare Silver Manhattan Project Lapel Pin GTRexclude and joined the DAF onObverse bearing the inscription MANHATTAN PROJECT A BOMB, with a castle on the bottom, reverse pin and catch with mark STERLING and WHITEHEAD & HOAG, 17. 06 mm, evidence of slight wear on obverse, extremely fine condition. Footnote: These pins were given to the workers who spent more than one year on the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the common name for what was officially known as the Manhattan Engineer District, the WWII activities