Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!!

EnsignVorik · December 26 2009, 08:39 AM

Hey all,

So my sister just gave me the following insignia pin for Christmas, and for the life of me I can't really find what the symbol on it means. After a few hours of scourging the bowels of the internet, i've found a few online pin and merch. dealers that have called it a "personnel pin," but i've never seen anything like it in the canon universe.

If any of you might have more info or maybe a lead that does, i'd definitely appreciate it, because I can't wear it in good conscious without knowing what it stands for. I'm sure you can sympathize.

And Thank You!

Green Shirt · December 26 2009, 09:01 PM

Looks to be a TOS starbase personnel insignia.

mari · December 26 2009, 09:22 PM

The symbol is a lowercase Greek Gamma. For people serving in the Gamma quadrant? (Just a guess, working on minimal sleep right now...)

Mysterion · December 26 2009, 09:56 PM

It first appeared, IIRC, in the Franz Joseph Star Fleet Technical Manual (1975). It appears on the heading page for the General section of the manual. There is also a delta insignia on the heading page for the Miscelaneous section which features the symbol for Pi. Neither of these insignia are defined further, or seen anywhere else in the manual.

captcalhoun · December 26 2009, 09:57 PM

it's a TOS pin for ship personnel.

those not in command, science, medical or security/engineering

Misfit Toy · December 26 2009, 10:37 PM

It's cool. Thank your sister.

captcalhoun · December 27 2009, 12:47 PM

oh, yeah, it ain't canon. the pi symbol is supposed to be Starbase personnel according to my source.

EnsignVorik · December 30 2009, 10:09 AM

Wow, thanks for the thorough and prompt response, I knew I could count on you guys.

December 26 2009, 08:39 AM	#1
EnsignVorik Cadet Location: Olympia, WA	Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! Hey all, So my sister just gave me the following insignia pin for Christmas, and for the life of me I can't really find what the symbol on it means. After a few hours of scourging the bowels of the internet, i've found a few online pin and merch. dealers that have called it a "personnel pin," but i've never seen anything like it in the canon universe. If any of you might have more info or maybe a lead that does, i'd definitely appreciate it, because I can't wear it in good conscious without knowing what it stands for. I'm sure you can sympathize. And Thank You! Last edited by EnsignVorik; December 26 2009 at 08:54 AM. Reason: Forgetting to say "thanks"...

December 26 2009, 09:01 PM	#2
Green Shirt Fleet Captain Location: 21206	Re: Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! Looks to be a TOS starbase personnel insignia. __________________ Yellow this, yellow that, yellow everywhere. Its not easy being green.

December 26 2009, 09:22 PM	#3
mari Commander	Re: Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! The symbol is a lowercase Greek Gamma. For people serving in the Gamma quadrant? (Just a guess, working on minimal sleep right now...)

December 26 2009, 09:56 PM	#4
Mysterion Rear Admiral Location: Avoiding Commander Gampu	Re: Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! It first appeared, IIRC, in the Franz Joseph Star Fleet Technical Manual (1975). It appears on the heading page for the General section of the manual. There is also a delta insignia on the heading page for the Miscelaneous section which features the symbol for Pi. Neither of these insignia are defined further, or seen anywhere else in the manual. __________________ You can't have too much ammunition. Or toilet paper. - Mysterion's First Law of Warfare

December 26 2009, 09:57 PM	#5
captcalhoun Admiral Location: gone	Re: Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! it's a TOS pin for ship personnel. those not in command, science, medical or security/engineering

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December 26 2009, 10:37 PM	#6
Misfit Toy Caped Trek Mod Location: Transporter buffer	Re: Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! It's cool. Thank your sister. __________________ Woof.

December 27 2009, 12:47 PM	#7
captcalhoun Admiral Location: gone	Re: Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! oh, yeah, it ain't canon. the pi symbol is supposed to be Starbase personnel according to my source.

December 30 2009, 10:09 AM	#8
EnsignVorik Cadet Location: Olympia, WA	Re: Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!! Wow, thanks for the thorough and prompt response, I knew I could count on you guys.