National Postal Meter employee badges

[phillydude]

the one i sent you didnt have a photo, i do think that when you did contract work for the government, your employees had to have photo id's.

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[PBI]

As Paul Harvey says and now here is the rest of the story. The badges shown above are of and belonged to William Edward Betts. He was born in 1906 and passed away in 1994 at the age of 88He worked for I.B.M. up until 1941, he left to go to NPM as the asst. to Chas (Charles) R. Ogsbury president of the National Postal Meter Company. He lived in and around Rochester NY before retiring in 1951 at the age of 45. He had three children one son and two daughters which two are still alive today living in Penn. As more info becomes avail. I will keep you guys updated.
In the spirit of collecting
PBI or m1cc

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I wish I could have retired at 45.

[PBI]

Here are the employee badges. Hope this worked

[painter777]

The ones with the height scale behind them look like mug shots !
Very nice items Paul.

I'll try to keep an eye out for them as I poke along looking at auctions... etc.
Cheers,
Charlie-painter777

[Bob K]

Those are really cool Paul. Thanks for posting.

[PBI]

Do any of you guys have any other manf. badges that you can show me?

[Bob K]

Do any of you guys have any other manf. badges that you can show me?

I have the same IP badge that you have. Different number of course.

[phillydude]

awww geez paul, you didnt post the post war badge i sent you

[PBI]

Don't want to confuse anyone so I want to keep it during WWII M1 Carbine production.