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Joe G from Md

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What does the torch represent and how old? Thanks.
 

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I think it’s a ROTC button
 
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Its attached by a screw. I guess it went on lapel?
 
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Right on, ROTC collar disc, WWI era.
 
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OK good job but what does torch represent?
 
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It’s used as a symbol of knowledge/learning. A lantern symbol is used the same way, commonly in the coat of arms of schools. I think it relates to late nights studying, as in the old saying of “burning the midnight oil”, though that can mean working as well as studying.
 
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