BRACELET
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SILVER BRACELET
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SILVER BRACELET
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- METAL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Length
- 18.0
- Width
- 1.3
- Description
- BRACELET IS COMPOSED OF 5 MAIN PORTIONS. EACH OF THESE PORTIONS HAS A PICTORIAL. THE SECOND IN ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT HAVE THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFYING MARKS, "SOUVENIR DE NAPLES" ABOVE A PICTURE OF A MOUNTAIN SCENE. THE MIDDLE PLATE SHOWS WORLD WAR TWO ERA SHIPS (AS IDENTIFIED BY THE LARGE MAIN MAST USED FOR RADIO AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT). BEHIND THE SHIPS THERE ARE IMAGES OF TWO PLANES FLYING. AT THE TWO END PLATES, THERE IS ANOTHER MOUNTAIN SCENE WITH 3 PLANES FLYING ABOVE WHAT MAY BE A DOCK. THERE IS A CLASP AT THE RIGHT END WHICH ATTACHES TO A LOOP AT THE OTHER END.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- MILITARY
- History
- THE DONOR OF THIS ARTIFACT, JOHN LLOYD KNIGHT, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEVILS BRIGADE) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THIS BRACELET IS IDENTIFIED AS COMING FROM NAPLES ITALY, WHERE KNIGHT SERVED. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021004
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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