United States. A Naval Reserve Association Membership Badge

In bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 41.8 mm (w) x 48.7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, extremely fine. In its plastic case of issue, crack evident on one side of the clear lid.

Footnote: The Naval Reserve Association was established in 1953 for Officers, while the Naval EnlistedReserve Association was established as an organization by two Naval Reserve Chief Enginemen, Joe Wasson and Thomas Patton, on March 25, 1957. "We wanted to have an organization that paralleled the one that officers had (Naval Reserve Association) started four years earlier."