✅ SOLVED I.D. on military pins?

[rayrayvegas]

Searching a backyard from the 1920's was doing pretty well finding a little bit of everything..was a bout to leave and told myself to go back & check a iffy very quiet signal. About 10 innches down the army and the star showed thenselves had to go about another 2inches to pull out the 3rd. I was amazed I found these at all they are all so small. Pin with star is marked sterling, army and other came out just as you see , both are enamled but cant be sure if there gold, can find no markings your help on these would be greatly appreciated thank you so much.

 

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[fmrUSMC_0844]

The rectangle with the star is the service flag. Its for mothers who have sons or daughters fighting over seas. If you see one that has a gold star that means their son or daughter was killed in action. One star is one individual. I believe they go all the way up to four stars. I hope that helps. I am not sure about the years though. Since they are enameled I would guess world war 2 time frame but that is only a guess.

 

[duggap]

The pin with the cross looks like the pins we use to get for good attendance at our sunday school class.

 

[DCMatt]

The pin with the cross looks like the pins we use to get for good attendance at our sunday school class.

Or for a church deacon...

Definitely WWII era. Lapel pins were very popular. I have a small collection of WWII battalion pins from my wife's grandmother.

DCMatt

 

[nhbenz]

Agreed with the banner w/ star as being a "son in service" pin, WW2 era. This and the "U.S.Army" pin fall into the category of sweetheart pins. The US Army one I most often see with a chain as seen here; Vintage U.S. Army Officer sweetheart chain pin military | eBay

 

[NOLA_Ken]

nhbenz is right about the Sweetheart Pin category. I'm not familiar with the cross pin, but I have seen the other two, they were commonly worn together to show a son in the service, and that he was in the Army. I've also seen one with "U.S. Navy" on it, and a larger one that said "Army Air Corps" Nice finds!

 

[rayrayvegas]

Thanks for all the help guys, I also found a lot of military buttons on same site. Ill get those up soon to hear your responses. Again thanks for all the brain food. : )

 

[clovis97]

The rectangular pin is definitely a "I have a son serving in the military" pin.

I have often heard them referred as 'blue star' pins.

As you already know, blue star banners/flags were also made of cloth, and it was fashionable to hang those in a front window of a home where one or more sons were serving in the military during WWII.