War Production Board - Certificate of Merit - Janice Holihan
Context
"War Production Board"
"Certificate of Merit"
"Be it known that Paper Trooper Janice Holihan is this 5th day of October 1944 awarded this certificate of Merit for outstanding Aid to the War Effort in the Collection of Waste Paper"
The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United State government that supervised war production during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established it in January 1942. It was dissolved November 3, 1945.The Paper Trooper was a kids war effort to salvage tons of useful paper for the war effort.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Reward of Merit
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Certificate, Achievement
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Award
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Achievement Symbols
Nomenclature Class
Personal Symbols
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Archive Items Details
Title
War Production Board - Certificate of Merit - Janice Holihan
Description
"War Production Board"
"Certificate of Merit"
"Be it known that Paper Trooper Janice Holihan is this 5th day of October 1944 awarded this certificate of Merit for outstanding Aid to the War Effort in the Collection of Waste Paper"
The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United State government that supervised war production during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established it in January 1942. It was dissolved November 3, 1945. The Paper Trooper was a kids war effort to salvage tons of useful paper for the war effort.
Certificate is printed on ivory paper in black ink with recipient name and date of issue hand printed on the blanks. Printed artistic swirls in black and blue surround the text of the certificate.
Bottom left hand corner contains the P.T. Paper Trooper, War Production Board logo.
There are a few pencil scribbles on the lower portion of the certificate.
