Enlisted War Service

Enlisted War Service Beavers Button Museum
Category
Beavers
Club
Cause
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Text on Button ENLISTED WAR SERVICE BEAVER COUNTY
Image Description

A sketch of a beaver  with black text above and below it and encircled by a red border with black text outside of that encircled again by a blue border on a white background. 
Back Paper / Back Info

THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.

BUTTONS, BADGES, NOVELTIES AND SIGNS

NEWARK, N.J.

Union Bug
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
Year / Decade Made
1910s
The Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Additional Information

This may be a button used to identify enlisted veterans in Beaver County, Pennsylvania who put in war service during WWI. Being identified as enlisted veterans may have entitled them to certain programs started after WWI, like disability support, insurance, or vocational rehabilitation. 
Sources

Department of Veteran's Affairs (2014, November 17). History-VA history. Department of Veteran's Affairs. http://www.va.gov/about_va/vahistory.asp

Ted Hake (2015). Whitehead & Hoag company history. Ted Hake. http://www.tedhake.com/viewuserdefinedpage.aspx?pn=whco
Catalog ID BV0006