In World War I, members of the military would give one of these enameled pins to a sweetheart or mother or other loved one as a token by which to remember the serviceman.
**Enameled pin on cardstock card**
**Pin is 5/8 inch wide, 7/16 inch tall**
**Card is 4 1/4 inches wide, 2 3/4 inches tall**
**Pin is red, white, and blue enamel on metal (possibly brass) and features two cross rifles in the center with "U" on the left and "S" on right and "Infantry" along the top, and "Service" along the bottom**
**Pin has some spots of tarnish along edge**
**Card is printed with a leaf border and is printed with: "To my..... As a TOKEN from me, I ask you to wear This small service EMBLEM, please guard it with care, 'Twill remind you and others that I am away, Just doing my bit for the old U.S.A., Yours......." **
**The card is stamped "Patent Applied For" and "Copyrighted by Harry T. Brockman, 1917"**
P-493
