Lapel pin insignia for the American Expeditionary Forces
date: label: Date
content: 1917-1919
name: label: Created by
content: American Expeditionary Forces, American, 1917 - 1920
notes: label: Caption
content: Veterans have often worn pins on their civilian attire. Nearly 200,000 African Americans would have qualified to wear this American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) lapel pin with pride of service.
label: Description
content: A circular American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) lapel pin. The pin consists of a blue and white circle enclosing a red background with the letters "A.E.F." at the center in gold with two gold chevrons below the letters.
place: label: Place depicted
content: France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.249.7
objectType: label: Type
content: lapel pins
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5/8 × 5/8 × 3/16 in. (1.6 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm)