Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Military decals
Object Number:
INV.1139a-c
Date:
1935-1945
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (3.8 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (b): 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (3.8 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (c): 1 1/2 ×
Marks:
printed: obverse: "PRO PATRIA/ ET GLORIA/ 7"
printed: reverse of a-c: "DIP THE TRANSFER IN WATER AND/ WHEN SAME RELEASES/ SLIDE OFF ONTO THE ARTICAL DESIRED/ PRESS DOWN WITH A SOFT RAG / OR DAMPENED FELT ROLLER/ AND ALLOW TO DRY/ NYL-27959/ MADE IN U.S.A
Description:
Three paper decals of the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard; shield in the center divided in two by a pointed fortress wall, top half red with a gold lion and gold script initials, bottom grey with a "7" in a gold circle and torch; shield sourounded by a green circle witha gold buckle at the base and a crowned animal at the top, inscribed, "PRO PATRIA/ ET GLORIA."
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through M. J. K. Miller, 8/15/64
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
