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Corporal of white linen in Chaplain's Kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

1939-1944

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Coporal made of white damask linen with a central motif of ivy leaves and a border of two small ivy leaf vines surrounding a larger ivy leaf vine between them. Two sides of the square cloth are the selvedges, while the other two sides are hemmed with machine stitching.

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Catalog reference: 2013.205.1.11

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