Description
Container list
Box 25-C
Military
World War 11
001.114.102
knapsack
001.114.101
canteen with belt and knife
003.053.4d
Woman Ordnance Workers pin [white, gold, brown Bakelite?; 1" x 1.25" (stored
with World War II artifacts)]
003.053.4e
Blue Star enamel pin [rectangular; Blue Star on a white field with a red border; .25" x
5/81
003.053.4f
enamel pin originally fixed to the Woman Ordnance Workers membership certificate
[a "silver" capital E surrounded by laurel leaves; on either side an enamel red,
white, and blue "ribbon"; .5" x 1"]
003.053.4g
dark metal U. S. eagle emblem, originally fixed to the left collar [2" x 2"]
003.053.4h
certificate of membership in the Woman Ordnance Workers organization; it reads,
"This is to Certify Harriet McClure [sig] has been nominated, elected and is a
regular member of Post 17 - Borg Warner - Spring Div, signed at Chicago, this
20th day of April 1943 ... "[2.5" x 3.5"]
007.005
World War II ration books with coupons in a yellow brocade carrying pouch
No #
sewing kit, army green canvas, tri-fold with tie front, [3" X 5"]; small paper World Atlas, tucked
under the tie on front, "Compliments of American Red Cross" on back of atlas
No #
two brass compasses