Rare 1944 Indiana truck license plate, metal, black/ blue and gold

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Rare 1944 Indiana truck license plate, metal, black/ blue and gold:
$32.99

THE YEAR OF MY BIRTH, IS ALSO THE YEAR THAT LICENSE PLATES CHANGED A LOT, DUE TO THE NEED FOR METAL TO HELP THE US WIN THE WAR. SEE INFO I GOOGLED BELOW. MEASURES 10 BY 3 3/8\"

Indiana issued license plates in pairs until May 22, 1943. Because of the metal shortage caused by World War II, Governor Henry Shricker asked Hoosiers to turn in their collections of old license plates, along with their

New message from:3420wedge(218)I believe this is a truck plate not a M/C plate

front 1942 plates. This load of metal was sent to the Indiana State Prison to be reprocessed into the 1944 plates. Hoosiers completed 1943 with only the plate on the rear of their vehicle--which was a tab for 1943 bolted over the full 1942 plate.

On Feb-01-17 at 06:00:43 PST, seller added the following information:

INFO RECEIVED FROM ER THAT HE BELIEVES THIS IS A TRUCK PLATE.

New message from:234digitindiana(1,170)absolutely a truck plate with the \"t\" prefix. a motorcycle would have a \"x\" prefix.