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Album, Photograph - Photgraph Album
Album, black cover with string binding measuring 11" x 7", reading "Photographs" on front cover. Album contains various black and white prinits of unnamed groups of people and individuals including some military pictures from the 1940's.
Record Type: Archive
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Award
Award to Joseph Bussone for involvement in the Voice of Democracy Program for a period of 50 plus years. Award includes a picture of Joe Bussone and a picture of Sycamore, Illinois VFW members.
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Badge, Military
Badge, Military on black fabric with gold metal thread showing a bugle with the number thirteen denoting the Thirteenth Illinois Voluntary Infantry of Cortland, Illinois, worn as part of the uniform during the Civil War. Richard Smith lost his right arm in the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, May-July, 1863
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Bell
Bell, brass, reading "American Legion " on an emblem on the top. The bell would have a wooden mallet or small metal mallet as part of the set, which was used to strike the bell to bring a club meeting to order. The bell which was made by Turner Brass Works, Sycamore, Ilinois and sets on a brass base that has three metal supports. This type of bell does not have a clapper.
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Book, Record
Book, Record measuring 5.5" x 4", green cover titled "Officer's Record Book" in the name of Charles G. Bruggerman 2nd Lieutenant Infantry. Five pages recording the service and duties away from regiment during WWI.
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Braid - Decoration
Braid, ivory in color with a metal tip used as clothing decoration.Sycamore, Illinois
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Buckle, Belt - Belt Buckle
Uniform, Buckle, brass material for a belt, US in raised letters on front. This belt plate was the standard, mid-war issues for Union soldiers of the Civil War Era. The one piece oval belt plate is lead filled stamped sheet brass with the brasshooks on the back embedded in the lead. U. S. Army troops wore their traditional dark blue trousers, jackets and kepi caps.
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Card, Identification
Card, Identification, measuring 5" x 3.75" with a black and white photo of 2nd Lieutenant Charles G. Bruggerman U.S.Army while serving during WWI, stamped with "American Embarkation Center Le Mans, Official Copy" and also signed by Charles G. Bruggerman.
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Case
Tube, metal used for mailing correspondence crossing the Equator. It has stamps for 60 cents and was approved by an Army Examiner. Mailed February,1944 to Mrs. William Eddy, Sycamore, Ill. from CPL. William B. Eddy, San Francisco, CA. Tube had been painted black, with paper mailing address wrapped around tube but there is no lid to the container.
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Certificate
Certificate, Certification by direction by U.S. President Honorable Discharge dated 26th August 1919 of Charles G.Bruggerman for service during WWI.
Record Type: Archive
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Certificate
Certificate, Charles G. Bruggerman, Promotion to Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the U.S.Army during WWI, dated March 4th 1919.
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Certificate
Certificate, Honorable Discharge from the U.S.Army of 2nd Lieutenant Infantry Charles G. Bruggerman dated September 30th 1918, for his service during WWI.
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Certificate - Certificate, Military Honorable Discharge
Certificate, reading in part "Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America, May 1st, 1972"
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Knife - Weapon
Sword, made of metal, curved design and thin blade with a wood handle
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Manual, Training
Manual, Small Arms Firing Training Manual, orange cover measuring 6" x 4", dated 1913 corrected to March 15,1918, WWI U.S.A War Office. Table of contents contains five parts referring to general, individual instruction, combat practice, miscellaneous and courses for organized militia, with diagrams and illustrations.
Record Type: Archive
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Manual, Training
Manual, blue cover measuring 5.5" x 4", dated 1917 titled " Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States" during WWI, three hundred and fifty pages with fifteen chapters referring to Military Discipline; Arms, Uniform, Equipment; Rations and Forage; Personal Hygiene and care of feet; Infantry Drill Regulations; Field Service; Marching and Camping; Target Practice; Map Reading; Signals and Codes; Fi...
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Manual, Training
Manual, Training titled " Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army" dated 1911 with corrections to February 12, 1917. Special Edition with interpretations and index, two hundred and sixty eight pages of instruction relating to drill, combat, marches, camps, ceremonies and inspections. Inside cover has the name William A. Clarke, 342nd Infantry, Company H, Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.
Record Type: Archive
