During WWI the French started a tradition of wearing small squadron pins. The members of the Lafayette Escadrille adopted the full war bonnet of an American Indian. When the US entered the war this tradition was carried over to every US squadron.
The 11th adopted two different pins for its squadron pins. One was a bomb with a superimposed 11 on the bomb and the other was the cartoon character Mr. Jiggs carrying a bomb. The 11th was a Day Bombardment Squadron, assigned to the 1st Day Bombardment Group, 1st Army on 5 September 1918 having been form on 1 September 1918 and was disbanded on 11 December 1918. The squadron had a run of bad luck right from its start with a loss of 14 flying officers in its first six days of combat. The unit had 90 airmen assigned over its lifespan. Eleven members were killed in action, 2 wounded, 7 POWs and two other hospitalized, one of whom died. The unit took part in 17 combats and was credited with 13 kills. These missions were in St. Mihiel and the Agrgonne-Meuse 1st and 2nd offensives.
This is a museum quality reproduction of the squadron pin of Mr. Jiggs in sterling silver with a screw back and positioning pin as was the original. This pin is 1 ¾ inches tall. A very rare pin missing from most collections.