eagle pin

[leddel]

found at an old turn of the century cellar hole site the front reads ANTI FIFTH COLUMN anyone know what that refers to ,on the back it says J.M.Fisher Co. 1940 i believe it is gold plated or gilted . thanks for any information you guys can muster on this piece .

Dan

 

[taz42o]

A fifth column is a group of people who clandestinely undermine a larger group, such as a nation, from within, to the aid of an external enemy.

Fifth Column. The term comes from the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist General Emilio Mola said he had four columns approaching the city, and a fifth column already inside the city. The Fifth Column, then, would undermine the enemy from within, by spying, sabotage, etc.

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[One mans trash...]

Wow. Usually this sort of WWII wartime stuff is easy to find information on. By a very active company in Mass. I'm really surprised to find nothing at all on the pin. I wonder if it was made for someone or an organization to use and give locally. There was an anti-fifth column vigilante group operating in Montclair, New Jersey during the war. If it connects to them, you've got something pretty rare.

 

[Ramitt]

Interesting find, I hope wa can turn up so more information.

 

[diggummup]

I believe the U.S.Gov. had anti-5th column operations going on during the war also. During WWII the fifth column in the U.S. would have amounted to Nazi sympathizers.