Cap Badge, Panama Mail Steamship Company, Chief Engineer

Title

Cap Badge, Panama Mail Steamship Company, Chief Engineer

Description

Ca. 1930s. Panama Mail Steamship Company was a subsidiary company of Grace Line (W. R. Grace & Co.) and was in operation from 1923 through the 1940s - when its ships were requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration. This cap badge was struck by Joe Harris of San Francisco; the woven component matches styles from the 1930s. A burn test and brass flag corroborate the time period. It was issued to a Chief Engineer.

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Citation

“Cap Badge, Panama Mail Steamship Company, Chief Engineer,” dittybag, accessed November 21, 2024, http://dittybag.ianewatts.org/collection/items/show/193.

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