Military - Overview
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States. The collections include ordnance, firearms, and swords; uniforms and insignia; national and military flags and banners; and many other objects.
The strength of the collections lies in their enormous depth. Some 3,000 military small arms and 2,400 civilian firearms document the mechanical and technological history of the infantryman's weapons from the beginning of the gunpowder era to the present. Among the 4,000 swords and knives in the collection are many spectacular presentation pieces. The collections also include Civil War era telegraph equipment, home front artifacts from both world wars, early computers such as ENIAC, Whirlwind, and Sage, and materials carried at antiwar demonstrations.
"Military - Overview" showing 299 items.
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At Charteves
- Description
- A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a shell torn church at Charteves. In the center of the sketch is a church which has been destroyed by shell fire.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*25943
- catalog number
- 25943
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Aero Squadron Near Toul
- Description
- A charcoal sketch, with some pencil and watercolor, on paper. The work depicts an air base near Toul, France during World War I. A group of airplanes and a few men are outside of a complex of airplane hangars.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*25947
- catalog number
- 25947
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
An Advance Dressing Station
- Description
- Mixed media sketch on paper. This drawing shows a dressing station for the wounded that is close to the fighting of World War I. Two soldiers are in the doorway of a dugout whose entrance is littered with stretchers and other equipment. In the background, above the dugout, are two more soldiers and an ambulance. An inscription on the drawing indicates that this dressing station was operated by the Red Cross and was constantly under shell fire.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06-28
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*25948
- catalog number
- 25948
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
American Troops Before a Church
- Description
- A charcoal, pastel, and watercolor sketch on paper of American troops at a church at Badonviller, France. The church is most likely the Eglise Saint-Martin. Five American soldiers are standing in what used to be the interior of the church. The church has been damaged; battered wrought iron and other debris are lying exposed in the former aisle of the church. An inscription on the drawing reads "The church at Badonviller is situated on a rise of ground and on that edge of the village that is nearest the German lines. It has suffered from bombardment perhaps more than any other structure in the village. This drawing was made from the chancel and looking along the line of the main aisle and through the archway to the front entrance. The building is hopelessly beyond repair."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*25950
- catalog number
- 25950
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
American Locomotive Shop at Nevers
- Description
- A mixed media sketch on paper of locomotive shop at Nevers, France during World War I. A large building composed of arched segments frames the right side of this drawing. In the foreground, soldiers (most likely French and American) are pushing a cart near a track switch. The scene is crowded with items typical of a rail yard: a locomotive, a construction crane, and lots of railroad track.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*25951
- catalog number
- 25951
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Barn with Mules, Boucq
- Description
- A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper of a barn in Boucq, France during May of 1918.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-05
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*25958
- catalog number
- 25958
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Crossing the Mosel
- Description
- A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of a river crossing on the Mosel in Treis, Germany. There is a ferry on the Mosel River in the foreground. On the opposite bank is the small town of Treis.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*25967
- catalog number
- 25967
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Church at Lucy-le-Bocage
- Description
- Mixed media sketch on paper. In the center of the sketch is a large shell-torn church tower. The church is surrounded by other ruins and there is a denuded tree in front of the church. An American soldier stands in the left foreground and a group of soldiers is marching by the church in the left background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF*26074
- catalog number
- 26074
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
U.S. Medical Officers
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on illustration board. In this outdoor scene, groups of men stand or sit around several stretchers. The stretcher in the center of the drawing is occupied by a man being attended to by three soldiers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF*25791
- catalog number
- 25791
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center