Remember Pearl Harbor pin owned by Ck2c George Francis Bland: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Remember Pearl Harbor pin owned by Ck2c George Francis Bland. The pin is gold tone with red, white, and blue enamel and a single, plastic, round, half pearl bead with a flat back. The pin features a casted United States bald eagle device, perched on a rectangular bar with gold embossed text that reads [REMEMBER] set against a blue enameled background. Below, is a casted, inverted semicircle with the pearl bead at the top center. Along the edges of the rounded bottom edge of the pin is gold embossed text that reads [? HARBOR ?], set against a blue enamel background. The bald eagle device at the top of the pin is primarily gold with an enamel shield in front of its breast. The shield has a blue field at the top and red and white vertical stripes at the bottom. Beneath the splayed wings of the eagle are three, embossed, gold arrows on the left, and a gold embossed wheat stalk on the right, both set against a blue enameled background. The back of the pen is solidly gold with an embossed square texture over the entire surface. Attached to the top center is a gold tone safety clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1991
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Ck2c George Francis Bland, American, 1922 - 2014
• Subject of: Naval Station Pearl Harbor, American, founded 1899
• Subject of: United States Navy, American, founded 1775
• Type: pins (fasteners)
• Medium: enamel on metal with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (4.1 × 4.5 × 0.9 cm)
• Place used: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Military
• Topic: World War II
• Object number: 2024.46.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Frank Bland in memory of George Francis Bland
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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