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The Honorable Service Lapel Pin was to given American military service members who were discharged under honorable conditions during WWII, awarded between September 1939 and December 1946
A gold color metal lapel button 7/16 inch in height and 5/8 inch in width, a dexter eagle with wings displayed perched within a ring which displays thirteen vertical stripes with a chief, the dexter wing of the eagle behind the ring, the sinister wing in front of the ring
The Honorable Service Lapel Button has been referred to as the "ruptured duck." The reason for that name and the originator of the phrase are unknown, although many have claimed to originate the phrase.
Award explanations from the Institute of Heraldry Web Site http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/