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Collection Highlights

Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard

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Medal

Object Number: 
INV.5115
Medium: 
metal, textile
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description: 
Pin attached to a red, white and blue piece of ribbon with a hanging medallion at bottom, containing the text "VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Dorothy C. Barck, 1954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group