Memorabilia Identification Challenge!!!

[EnsignVorik]

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]

Looks to be a TOS starbase personnel insignia.

 

[mari]

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

 

[Mysterion]

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]

it's a TOS pin for ship personnel.

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

 

[Misfit Toy]

It's cool. Thank your sister.

 

[captcalhoun]

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

 

[EnsignVorik]

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