9-1/8x12" display board has 5-5/8x5.75" thin artboard affixed w/clear plastic corner mounts. Artboard features pen and ink original art w/image within 3" dia. circle w/hand-lettered squadron name at bottom. Art depicts the diamond-shaped insignia of the Marine Torpedo Bombing - 232, a winged devil leaping forward w/a trident. Nicknamed the "Red Devils," this squadron is the oldest and most decorated fighter squadron in the Marine Corps. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, one member of the squadron was killed and nine aicraft were destroyed. Upon US entry into World War II, the Red Devils became the first Marine dive bomber squadron to fly against the Japanese. They saw much action in the Pacific Theater of the war and beginning in July 1945 they began to fly strikes against the Japanese mainland until the surrender of Japan. The Red Devils continue to fly as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232), still sporting a version of this classic Red Devil insignia. Art has handwritten "Red And Black" color notation at upper right and upper left has pasted colored stat of how the finished button would look. Art remains clean and Exc. Comes w/example of the pin. Historic and one-of-a-kind piece for the Pep Pin and Militaria collector. From the archives of premium creators Sam & Gordon Gold.