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Description: | POS 88
design: American eagle, perched upon an elaborate oval cartouche adorned with two draped US flags. Below the oval a US
battleship, bow-on view. At the left of design a full-length figure of a US Army infantryman, at the right a US Navy bluejacket. Both
figures hold rifles with fixed bayonets. At centre base a narrow panel, with text, embellished with red, white and blue
ribbon
initialled (lower right corner) : "AH" (conjoined monogram in rectangle)
text: "THIS SPACE for PORTRAIT! NAME + REGIMENT, or SHIP, IN SPACE BELOW" (seven lines within cartouche) & "One of Our Boys of 1917" (panel
at base of design)
whole: MODEL | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | US.A shipping emblems Animals Weapons US Home Front & 1917 Military Personnel flag / banner / standard Uniforms First World War propaganda civilian effort Aircraft Accidents US.N | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | H H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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