Air Force Academy
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960
name: label: Associated Name
content: United States Air Force
notes: label: Description
content: Air Force Academy Falcons pin back button with attached ribbon and football charm. The Falcons began play in 1955 as part of the Air Force Academy’s first class. Participating as an Independent until 1980, when the team joined the Western Athletic Conference, the team moved to the Mountain West in 199. The Falcons played their first bowl game in1958, tying the TCU Horned Frogs in the Cotton Bowl 0-0. The Academy's first bowl victory would come in 1982, defeating Vanderbilt 36-28 in the Hall of Fame Bowl..
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Colorado, Colorado Springs
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.147
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.147
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, collegiate
label: Object Name
content: button, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 1 in x 2 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 2.54 cm x 5.715 cm