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75mm brass cartridge commemorating the Battle of Soissons (France) during World War I.
Loaned by Dr. Dave Vollrath (IU South Bend faculty)

Like many soldiers, US Marine Corps Corporal Donald Alfred Herrick wrote a letter to home before being shipped off to France in World War I. The artist pulled out and expanded certain passages written by her grandfather that would have carried…

US Army, World War I, France, ca. 1914-1918
Worn by Private First Class Robert Girod

US Army, World War I, France, ca. 1914-1918
Used by Private First Class Robert Girod

US Army, World War I, France, ca. 1914-1918
Used by Private First Class Robert Girod

US Army, World War I, France, ca. 1914-1918
Used by Private First Class Robert Girod

US Army, World War I, France, ca. 1914-1918
Worn by Private First Class Robert Girod

Pieces of a broken matchbox case, modified with trench art by a WWI soldier. the large piece (A) includes the top and backing of the box, and features a metal crown seal of the German forces. The back (B), which has broken off, features etched…

Trench Art: Lamp made most likely from a World War I shell casing, though information dates the lamp to between WWI and WWII. Koa wood base. Shell has been embossed with a design of a Bird of Paradise, on a flower-trimmed limb. The shell casing is…

U.S. Army WW1 helmet. Purchased by the Northern Indiana Historical Society, from Mrs. J.M. Wood of Warsaw, Indiana. This was originally part of the Vernon C. Keller Collection out of Bourbon, Indiana