Fair-sized contracts for silver and other badges recently have been awarded by the Army to jewelry manufacturers in this area. Uncas Mfg. Co. received orders for 28,000 silver expert rifleman badges, 30,000 sharpshooter badges and 10,000 parachutist qualifications badges. The contracts totaled $12,456. The Robbins Co. was given contracts for 7,500 silver badges and 105,000 of another type, total amount involved being $19,800. Cohn & Rosenberger received an order for 295,500 general qualifications badges, the contract amounting to $13,563.45. This firm, probably the largest recipient of defense work among the jewelry firms here, also has been given a contract of $7,797 for booster cups.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - December 1941