Souvenir collection in cardboard box
1917-1920
Place madeUnited States, North America
andEurope
Cardboard, paper, metal, tobacco, glass, textile
Container (box): 1 × 7 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (2.5 × 18.4 × 9.5 cm)
Gift of William A. Robbins, 1941
Z.3055a-gg
DescriptionCollection of World War I era souvenirs in cardboard candy box from Wallace, New York; collection includes five metal clothing (uniform?) buttons, twelve circular political buttons (including one attached to yellow ribbon, with slogan "VOTES FOR WOMEN"), paper and textile red cross emblems, a tiny book with cloth cover decorated with stars and stripes, two cloth-covered bar pins, a bracelet with oval tag stamped "AMERICAN / 2228 / Y.M.C.A.," a red and black felt patch with "XI" inscribed in a circle, two glass fragments, two metal bar pins, two cigars and one cigarette.Markingshandwritten in pencil: on paper wrapped around cigars and cigarette: "2 Cigars & a cigarette sent to / Otto . . . , German prisoner / from his home & given by [him?] / to me Feb. 1, 1919."
handwritten in pencil: on scrap of paper inside envelope containing glass fragments: "Glass from St. [Sernin?] / Church broken by the B[omb?] / shell on . . . Friday 1918"
handwritten in pencil: on envelope containing felt patch: "From Barracks / of Privates Engineers / at Verdun left / June 1/19. Showing / Division or organization / U.S.A."
printed: on box lid: "'Candies / of / Character' / Assorted / Jordan Almonds / 1/2 LB. NET WEIGHT / WALLACE / NEW YORK"
ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: MISCELLANEOUS
