I Helped War Chest
I Helped War Chest
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- Description (Brief)
- Plastic pin with metal back. This gold-colored pin shows both a shield in the colors of the U.S. flag and a chest full of gold coins. It reads, "I Helped War Chest." Attached is a plastic red, white, and blue ribbon.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button
- Celluloid Pin
- date made
- 1918
- maker
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
- Associated Place
- United States: Massachusetts
- United States: New Jersey
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.2 cm x 1.5 cm; 2 1/16 in x 9/16 in
- overall: 2 in x 1 5/16 in x 1/8 in; 5.08 cm x 3.33375 cm x.3175 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.0263
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.0263
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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