USS West Virginia, Commemorative Pin and Challenge Coin

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], USS West Virginia, Commemorative Pin and Challenge Coin, A&M 4234, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet 1 item (1 folder)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], USS West Virginia, Commemorative Pin and Challenge Coin, A&M 4234, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

USS West Virginia 75th anniversary commemorative pin, inscribed with text reading "75, Remember Pearl Harbor, 1941". This pin was handed out at a 75th anniversary commemorative event at the downtown library of West Virginia University Libraries. There are two copies of this pin in this collection. There is also in the collection a USS West Virginia BB-48 Challenge Coin in a plastic case with an image of the vessel printed on the coin.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard