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British issue Inter-Allied Victory medal; ciruclar copper medal lacquered in bronze with bas-relief of a winged Victory on the front with left arm extended and right hand holding a palm branch; reverse features a laurel wreath around the rim with…

French issue Inter-Allied Victory medal; circular bronze medal with bas-relief of the winged figure of Victory on the front with arms outstreteched and holding a laurel wreath and an olive branch while a sword rests in its sheath at her hip; reverse…

The medal was created on 23 June 1920 and presented to military and auxiliary services who served between 2 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Circular bronze medal with integral bar for suspension decorated with oak leaves; front features the head of…

In the history of psychiatry, the First World War is often identified with the rise of the disorder of “shell shock.” Referred to at the time most often as “war neurosis,” the malady was characterized by tics, convulsions, muscle spasms, paralyses,…

One way women served during the war was by staffing YMCA canteens. These sites near the war front were a refuge for soldiers, offering amusement and services like post offices, libraries, and general stores. Elisabeth Gilman, daughter of founding…

The war may have ended in 1918, but the work of mending soldiers’ bodies and minds continued. Shell-shocked soldiers returning from the front now needed help with adapting to life back in the United States. Shell shock thus became a civilian…

Circular bronze medal with relief of Florence Nightingale holding an open book that reads "5 Juin 1921" in one hand while writing with the other on the front; reverse features a Roman style oil lamp and a shield with flora around the edges. The medal…

E. Emmet Reid used these notebooks for taking Organic Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry lecture notes as an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins.