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Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by Farrell Fox » Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:58 am

My newest acquisition. I guess I can wear it while assembling my MZ-2 and be the most authentic. :lol:

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Re: Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by Chuck Lutz » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:33 am

I dunno Farrell....you looked a lot younger in person!
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Re: Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by Mark Tombleson » Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:56 am

That is pretty cool, Farrell.

Does the upper area have his name and employee number... can't see it too well?
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Re: Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by Farrell Fox » Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:08 am

Mark Tombleson wrote:
Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:56 am
Does the upper area have his name and employee number... can't see it too well?
Hi Mark,

The upper area has a 6 digit employee number. I don't have it in my hands yet, but will inspect it further when I get it and see what the number is. Looks to be 602113. It looks like it opens in the back, which might reveal more information.

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I dunno Farrell....you looked a lot younger in person!
Chuck,

Looks fade, he might be better looking when I'm his age.
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Re: Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by USAFpj » Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:27 am

Nice! Man, there's some cool trinkets out there!

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Re: Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by Chuck W. » Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:36 am

Strange, it has an apostrophe, "Willy's" It's not spelled that way in any of the company literature that I have seen.

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Re: Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:20 am

I knew Rudy Roth, a manager at Willys, he was in charge of production line parts on Army and CJ Jeeps. Worked there from approx. 1926 to the early 70's ending up at AM General.
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Re: Willys Overland Employee Badge

Post by Farrell Fox » Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:36 am

Chuck W. wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:36 am
Strange, it has an apostrophe, "Willy's" It's not spelled that way in any of the company literature that I have seen.
Yes, this was an error on the badge manufacturer, and Willys Overland either didn't immediately catch it, or didn't care. All of the oval shaped employee badges have the apostrophe. You can just about see it in the factory photo as well.
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