US Army Sharpshooter's Badge
date: label: Associated Date
content: ca. 1880s
name: label: owner
content: Brooke, John Rutter
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: United States Army Sharpshooter badge awarded to Major General John Rutter Brooke ca. 1880s. The badge is comprised of a silver Maltese cross with a target at its center suspended from a plaque marked "SHARPSHOOTER" and features a safety pin on its verso.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Major General John R. Brooke, U.S. Army
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.22941
label: catalog number
content: 22941
label: accession number
content: 63843
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Insignia
label: Other Terms
content: Insignia; Army; Badge, Qualification, Marksmanship; Sharpshooter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (as stored): 5 in x 4 in x 3/16 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm x .508 cm