1938 OAKLAND License Plate Topper San Francisco Bay - ARMY BASE Port of Oakland

Description

THIS VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE TOPPER HAS VIVID OLIVE DRAB COLOR AND HAS ORIGINAL 4 MOUNTING HOLES.  THE MONTH MAY IS OVERLAYED AND ATTACHED BY TWO ORIGINAL FASTENER . . .  MEASURES APPROX. 9 BY 4 INCHES AND IS MADE OF STEEL . NICE EMBOSSED LETTERS AND NUMBERS   VEHICLE IDENIFICATION NUMBER IS 6161 . . . . I AM NOT CERTAIN IF THIS WAS ATTACHED TO AN ARMY, NAVY OR CITY OF OAKLAND GOVERNMENT CAR, TRUCK, JEEP OR AMBULANCE, POLICE PATROL VEHICLE ? ? - MAYBE PORT OF OAKLAND VEHICLE I.D. PLAQUE / SIGN (AS IT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1927)   ? ?    IF YOU CAN SHARE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE MESSAGE ME SO I CAN PASS IT ON.  THIS PIECE SEEMS TO BE PRE OAKLAND ARMY BASE / TERMINAL (WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1941 AS THIS TOPPER IS CIRCA 1938 .
THE ARMY TERMINAL WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN 1999 AND ONCE LOCATED ON MARITIME STREET, NEAR EASTERN ENTRANCE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO - OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE .  CONSTRUCTED IN 1941 AS PART OF AN EXPANSION OF THE S.F. PORT OF EMBARKATION WHICH WAS STATIONED AT FORT MASON.   IN 1955 THE PORT OF EMBARKATION  WAS RENAMED U.S. ARMY TRANSPORTION  TERMINAL COMMAND OF THE  PACIFIC ........  - S.F. BAY AREA - PORT OF OAKLAND -
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WORLD WAR II - KOREAN WAR - VIETNAM WAR -  - TRUCK - AUTOMOBILE  - ARMY - NAVY HOSPITAL