Hello everyone! I'm brand new to this forum and until a couple of days ago, didn't really have that much interest in stamp collecting.
However, recently my mother passed away and while dad was going through some of her things he found this pin that he is pretty sure belonged to my grandfather (mom's dad) from when he was a letter carrier in Hamersville, OH. I'm assuming he did this in the 1920's to maybe the 1940's (years are uncertain).
It looks like it could be a hat pin but looks to be too large to wear on a shirt or coat. I've only done a little research on the net but have yet to find another picture of one. Any more info would be appreciated.
What I WAS able to find was that in the early years of the RFD there was no real defined uniform. The carriers sometimes felt a bit unappreciated of even unrecognized for there service in an official capacity. So magazine ads were popping up in publications selling uniforms to the RFD route carriers. One of those companies was The Fechheimer Brothers Company in Cincinnati, OH.......the building (mansion) is right next door to my office.
Posted 03/23/2015 10:56 am
