button
Item
Title
button
Description
circular brass button with raised image of a flames burning a pile of firewood. Raised lettering reads "SAPEURS POMPIERS" With belongings given to family after the death of Lt. Jacob E. Mott. Possibly traded during his service time. Button originally belonged to French Firefighter.
Identifier
011.010.006
Provenance
2nd Lt. Jacob E. Mott trained as an observer at the School of Military Aeronautics in 1917. On August 21 he was assigned to No. 21 Squadron RFC with two Corps on the Ypres France line. killed in action on 23 December 1917.
Abstract
Fair