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Cary Memorial Library 2011. All rights reserved.
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Date 1918
Description Collection of Liberty Loan buttons, pins and coins, World War I era.

12 items. One coin, "Victory Liberty Loan...made from captured German cannon." Three buttons, Red Cross symbol. One button, "Liberty Loan." Two buttons, "Third Liberty Loan." One button, "I own a Liberty Bond." One button, "Lexington War Chest." One pin, red and white striped "V" on blue background.

Handwritten note: "First World War. Liberty Loan Buttons, Lexington War chest, Red Cross buttons worn by contributors & purchasers of bonds in Lexington. World War I."
Object ID Worthen.3006
Object Name Button
People Worthen, Edwin B., Sr.
Search Terms Lexington War Chest
Liberty Loans
Subjects Button badges
Buttons
Buttons (Information artifacts)
War bonds & funds
World War I
Coins
Title Collection of Liberty Loan buttons, pins and coins
The Edwin B. Worthen Collection, Cary Memorial Library

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