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Date1916-1917
Terms
- Military Commissions
- Ink
- Paper
Dimensions59.65 × 69.8 cm (23 1/2 × 27 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harvey Wheeler (1998)
Object number2006.35.19
DescriptionInk lithograph, letterpress, and manuscript on paper. Framed commission for Berkeley Wheeler for service in the American Ambulance Field Service from Sept 23, 1916-Nov 5, 1917. The American Ambulance Field Service was an alliance between the armies of France and the United States. Text is surrounded by a lithographed image: at top, the American eagle crest with four flags both French and American, at left depiction of Revolutionary era soldiers, American and French 1776-1783, at right depiction of World War I soldiers both French and American 1914-1917. In stained wooden frame, under glass. Corrugated cardboard backing.
Collections
- Documents
Object number: D1710
Object number: 2002.13
Paul Revere
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