Chrysler WWII Ordnance Evansville Plant Executive Badge Pin - Dewey G. Glasscock
Item History & Price
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I've not seen another one of these up for sale! These are usually passed on from generation to generation and stay within the family. Or you might find them in a museum. But they rarely come up for auction. I acquired this from a local estate sale here in Little Rock.
I have tried to research it and this is what I've found. NOTE: Please do not hold me to any of this and please feel free to do your own research. I'm only going... by what I've found online and I welcome any insight! I am really not able to substantiate any of it, but am providing it to you simply because I went to the trouble to research it and am willling to share what I found. I find such history fascinating.
This badge belonged to Dewey Gadston Glasscock, Sr. According to my research - he was born in 1900 in Alabama. He served in the U.S. Army in WWI. In 1922 he graduated from Lincoln Memorial University (the Railsplitters!) in Harrograte, TN. He also married Nina Bates in 1922 and they moved to Little Rock in 1925. They did have kids. He died in 1964.
I wish this were dated, but it's not. I have three of these badges from the same estate and I'm assuming this one is from WWII? Mr. Glasscock appears to have been an Executive over the Ordnance Division of the Chrysler Plant which according to my research was in Evansville? In addition to the three badges, two "E" Production Service Awards/Pins were also acquired at the same sale. I've also posted a UCV (United Confederate Veteran) pin from the 1928 reunion in Little Rock. Lastly, I'm posting a walking cane dated 1922 from his graduation from LMU! I've listed them all separately so you can buy one or all.
I like to leave things as found and I love the look of this just the way it is. It is old so it has tarnishing and grime as expected. The clear plastic cover on the front has light surface scratches. The pin on the back does function properly, but it has a rusty binder clip on it that can be slid off if desired. I wasn't sure if it actually came that way or if it was added so that it would clip over a pocket without actually having to pin one's clothes. So I left it just in case. There's also a hard melted reddish blob of something on the back that I did not attempt to remove.
This pin measures approximately 2 3/8" up and down and 1 3/4" across.
I have tried to research it and this is what I've found. NOTE: Please do not hold me to any of this and please feel free to do your own research. I'm only going... by what I've found online and I welcome any insight! I am really not able to substantiate any of it, but am providing it to you simply because I went to the trouble to research it and am willling to share what I found. I find such history fascinating.
This badge belonged to Dewey Gadston Glasscock, Sr. According to my research - he was born in 1900 in Alabama. He served in the U.S. Army in WWI. In 1922 he graduated from Lincoln Memorial University (the Railsplitters!) in Harrograte, TN. He also married Nina Bates in 1922 and they moved to Little Rock in 1925. They did have kids. He died in 1964.
I wish this were dated, but it's not. I have three of these badges from the same estate and I'm assuming this one is from WWII? Mr. Glasscock appears to have been an Executive over the Ordnance Division of the Chrysler Plant which according to my research was in Evansville? In addition to the three badges, two "E" Production Service Awards/Pins were also acquired at the same sale. I've also posted a UCV (United Confederate Veteran) pin from the 1928 reunion in Little Rock. Lastly, I'm posting a walking cane dated 1922 from his graduation from LMU! I've listed them all separately so you can buy one or all.
I like to leave things as found and I love the look of this just the way it is. It is old so it has tarnishing and grime as expected. The clear plastic cover on the front has light surface scratches. The pin on the back does function properly, but it has a rusty binder clip on it that can be slid off if desired. I wasn't sure if it actually came that way or if it was added so that it would clip over a pocket without actually having to pin one's clothes. So I left it just in case. There's also a hard melted reddish blob of something on the back that I did not attempt to remove.
This pin measures approximately 2 3/8" up and down and 1 3/4" across.
