Shoulder board with starburst

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The epaulets were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by John F. Bolton. 
irn9701 
Shoulder board with starburst 
overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) 
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bar with one rounded end where there is a slot for a button, bottom portion is gray felt and is sewn to upper portion which is coils of silver metallic thread, a navy colored band of felt is inserted between gray felt and upper silver coils; two gold colored ornamental"star burs" rivet penetrates the coils, between the rivets is another metal rivet which appears to be a snake wrapped around a pole. 

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