Category Archives: Found Items
Found: Medal lapel pin
I got on the bus on the way home from the doctor and as I went to sit down I noticed something metal with two spikes on it on the seat.
Lucky I didn’t sit on that!
Turning it over it was a small metal medal looking lapel pin. Cheap metal with enameled bands, one of which was missing. Must have fallen off someone’s hat or jacket, it intrigued me and I wanted to find out what it was. I noted it in my Moleskine notebook. It had what looked like a propeller on the medal so I assumed it may be related to the air force.
A short internet search turned the medal up on a few sites, listed as a lapel/hat pin depicting a Distinguished Flying Cross.
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is described by The Distinguished Flying Cross Society as:
The Distinguished Flying Cross, created by Congress 80 years ago, is America’s oldest military aviation award.
An interesting find and a start of a new category called “Found Items” here on this blog.
