Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword belt
Object Number:
1942.444f
Date:
1910-1918
Medium:
Leather, cotton, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 50 1/2 in. ( 5.4 x 128.3 cm )
Description:
Stitched brown leather belt with two brass loops on right side suspending slings that fasten to one another; buckle at right end of belt that fastens to holes on left end; brass scabbard hook on right end of belt; white cotton diamonds/loops stitched to exterior.
Gallery Label:
This belt was worn by Dr. John B. Walker, while he served as a colonel in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army during World War I. He was commanding officer of Base Hospital No. 116, Army Expeditionary Forces, and later consultant to the government during demobilization. He was awarded a distinguished service medal in 1922 for his work "standardizing and supervising the treatment of the wounded suffering from gun-shot fractures."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John B. Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
