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Box 4

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

Gas mask with canvas hose

 Item — Box: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Paul B. Hendrickson World War I collection contains correspondence written by Hendrickson to his family back home during his time in service. The letters were to his mother and to the girl next door, Cecil Frances Rife, whom he later married. There is a diary kept during the year he was in France and almost 300 postcards which were sent home either individually or in envelopes.The collection also includes negatives and photographs taken at Camp Parker in Quincy, Illinois, and at...
Dates: 1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919

1 pair of puttees

 Item — Box: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Paul B. Hendrickson World War I collection contains correspondence written by Hendrickson to his family back home during his time in service. The letters were to his mother and to the girl next door, Cecil Frances Rife, whom he later married. There is a diary kept during the year he was in France and almost 300 postcards which were sent home either individually or in envelopes.The collection also includes negatives and photographs taken at Camp Parker in Quincy, Illinois, and at...
Dates: 1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919

Medals

 Item — Box: 4
Scope and Contents Includes: Croix de Guerre 1914-1915; 2 Bavarian style military merit cross; Iron Cross; French War Cross with star
Dates: 1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919

Buttons, studs, and Insignia

 Item — Box: 4
Scope and Contents Includes: U.S. Army uniform buttons, 2 screw-collar buttons "ILL."; 2 screw-collar buttons "USNG"; 1 screw band insignia; 1 "Hertfordshire Regiment" button; 1 button "Maurice Bourdon Paris"; 1 button "T F Paris"; Australia Commonwealth insignia
Dates: 1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919

Canvas shoulder sling

 Item — Box: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Paul B. Hendrickson World War I collection contains correspondence written by Hendrickson to his family back home during his time in service. The letters were to his mother and to the girl next door, Cecil Frances Rife, whom he later married. There is a diary kept during the year he was in France and almost 300 postcards which were sent home either individually or in envelopes.The collection also includes negatives and photographs taken at Camp Parker in Quincy, Illinois, and at...
Dates: 1914-1950; Majority of material found within 1917-1919