Original U.S. WWII Manhattan District (Manhattan Project) Oak Ridge Tennessee US Engineer Corps Identification Button - Lawrence F. Roth Conflict The gold & blue piping

The gold & blue piping is for the Army Air Corps

The round retains the following markings on the body:

Serial Number: 168427

however there has been wear through on the reverse cross guard and on the hilt above the grip scales

The original Luftwaffe eagle decal is still retained at almost 100%

Original U.S. WWII Manhattan District (Manhattan Project) Oak Ridge Tennessee US Engineer Corps Identification Button - Lawrence F. Roth Conflict The gold & blue pipingOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that