Inland E award banner

[PBI]

excellence in production of war material m1 carbine

[Mohawk]

The Banner is the King Daddy of the bunch. Individuals were given a small sterling lapel pin to wear. War Production Factories and even Individual Army and Navy Units were awarded the "Battle E" for conserving Men, Material and Munitions in the War Effort. My Grand Father was a Fighter Pilot with the 8th Air Force in England and His Fighter Squadron Was Awarded one. I have the Pin and Certificate Locked in My safe. I will try and post some pics

[phillydude]

Mohawk, that is a real treasure, looking forward to seeing the photos

[emmagee1917]

He's probly refering to " Excelsior " which is Latin and old English for " ever higher " , refering to the "bar" they had set in thier performance.
Chris

[PBI]

The Army-Navy "E" Award was an honor presented to a company during World War II for excellence in production of war equipment. The award was also known as the Army-Navy Production Award. The award would consist of a pennant for the plant and emblems for all employees in the plant at the time the award was made. The pennant was triangular swallowtail with a white border, with a capital E within a yellow wreath of oak and laurel leaves on a vertical divided blue and red background. ARMY is on the red background and NAVY on the blue background.

Usually an Army officer and a Navy officer would be present at a ceremony when a company would assemble all the employees and a ceremony would ensue. After the award of the pennant to the plant (to be flown), the employees present would receive their pins. A total of 4,283 companies received the award in the course of the war.[1] This amounted to about 4% of the companies engaged in war work. Plants with continuing excellent work were awarded stars to add to their pennant. A handful of plants earned up to six stars by the end of the war. The Army-Navy "E" Award program was terminated after the war ended.

[frankderrico]

Paul, that's the kind of information I like. Thank you.....Frank

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Attachment 23058Attachment 23059This is a picture of the E award given to Inland for the M1 Carbine production. I met a man this weekend at the OGCA show who is going to give me the banner.

And the best part is you said he is going to "GIVE" you the banner.

[jackthesmib]

The E award was reinstated by Executive Order in 1961
by President Kennedy. It is in use to this day. The new
banner is white with a blue E and is awarded for excellence
in commerce.