NOS New Antique WWII Ruptured Duck Honorable Discharge Lapel Button #KKF

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When I was a child more than 40+ years ago my father was in the antique jewelry business.
From time to time he would come home with different treasures and occasionally he would let me "acquire" them!
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This is an antique new old stock WW2 Era Ruptured Duck Honorable Discharge Lapel Button.
It measures just under 3/4" x  1/2".
The Honorable Service Lapel Button, also known as the Honorable
S
ervice Lapel Pin, was awarded to United States military service
members who were discharged under honorable conditions during
World War II.
The award was sometimes called the "Ruptured Duck".
Designed by sculptor Anthony de Francisci, the button was awarded
between September 1939 and December 1946 and was made of gilt
brass, except during metal shortages when it was made of gilt plastic.
Service members who received the plastic version were later allowed to
trade it in for the brass version.
The button, which depicted an eagle inside a wreath, served as proof to
military police that its wearer was not absent without leave. During
World War II, members of the Armed Forces were not allowed to
possess civilian clothes.
The discharge insignia, embroidered onto a
cloth lozenge and sewn on
the right breast of the tunic, allowed its
wearer to wear his or her
uniform for up to thirty days subsequent to
discharge.
Some veterans wore the pin on their civilian lapels for many years after
the war's end.
It has since also appeared on a postage stamp to honor WWII veterans.
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