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Inlaid wooden box with mementos

Inlaid wooden box with mementos Wood, birch inlay, metal, watercolors

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    Wood, birch inlay, metal, watercolors, [19--]

    Boxes 03.017

     

    Contents of the box include: two copper bullet points soldered together; 3 hollow brass buttons with Red Cross insignia; 1 "U.S." bronze insignia pin; 1 gilt and red enamel Red Cross pin; 1 gold id bracelet, oval with links and hinge clasp (engraved on front "ELEANOR SALTONSTALL / CHESTNUT HILL / MASS. U.S.A."; engraved on back ’INFIRMIERE / EQUIPE AMEĢRICAINE"); 1 silver-cased, sterling silver Johann Faber pencil engraved "N.S."


    Stained and inlaid wooden box that contains relics from Eleanor "Nora" Saltonstall’s World War I experience with the American nursing team in the French lines.