2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
1946.89a-c
Wool, silk, metal
Artist/Maker: Saks Fifth Avenue

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Button

Button
Object name 
Button
Date 
1945
Medium 
Metal, plastic
Dimensions 
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description 
Circular metal pin-back button "N.Y. MED. COMM. TO END THE WAR IN/VIETNAM"; a snake wrapped around an Aesculapean staff; (official insignia of the American Medical Association) is overshadowed by a dove; red, black and white.
Credit Line 
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number 
2002.70.5
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.