Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of the World War I The Second Army Air Service Book". This book was originally owned by well-known Philadelphia newspaper personality Edith M. Marble, acquired while in France during WWI doing American Red Cross...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950's Hungarian Red Cross nurse instructor badge for ten years of service. The badge reads MVK at the top, has a white enameled medallion showing a 10 and a red cross, and the words at the bottom translate into NURSE TRAINING...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce numbered badge for the French United Nations Battalion (insigne numéroté pour l'ONU/Organisation des Nations Unies Bataillon Francais). Active from 1950-1953, the ONU consisted of French volunteers from among both the active...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I M1915 French Army Artillery "Adrian" helmet. It comes to us from the estate of Lieutenant William Edwin Bown, a 397 T.M.U. (397 Transport Militaire Unite, Groupe Hemart) driver from East Aurora, New York who served...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified Chinese medical badge. It appears to date from sometime from the 1930s through World War II. The badge painted green and shows two snakes coiled about Prometheus' torch with some Chinese characters above. The badge is...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) officer collar badge. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) patch. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years later the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) badge by B. Manufacturing Company. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1912 Maine YMCA lapel stud. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years later the first American YMCA was set up at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I theatre-made YMCA stick pin with the group's enameled red and blue triangle logo. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era YMCA pendant with the group's enameled red and blue triangle logo. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine...