Soldiers

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A pen and ink work depicting daily life in the morning at the camp with men washing up and reading a paper next to a tree with mountains visible in the distance.

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Two drawings included. The image on the right is a pencil on paper drawing of a soldier attempting to sleep without a blanket in a snow cave on the first night of an assault, with the treads of the boots pointed out to the viewer extending from the cave. The image on the left is a pen and ink drawing of German soldiers surrendering on the top of the mountain, with soldiers training guns on them in the background.

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Two pen and ink drawings on a single sheet of paper depicting the journey of the assault group, which included Parker, climbing up a mountain at night with the moon visible above the peaks to their left.

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A pen and ink drawing of two frolicking men walking jauntily down the street, one smoking and the other holding a bottle, rendered in a nighttime scene as if watching them walk home from a night on the town.

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Readings from the Holy Scriptures for Jewish Soldiers and Sailors with diary entries on the inside cover pages. Sidney Israelski was an American soldier in the First Corps Artillery Park, Truck Unit Two, Third Army Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces. The entries begin with his enlistment on January 15, 1918 and ends with Beaufort, Luxembourg on December 1, 1918. ''Compliments of Jewish Welfare Board'' and handwritten around ''Jewish'' is ''Truck Co. #2 - 1st C.A.P.''

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The two World War I dog tags are circular and have a hole at the top. "Sidney Israelske, Cpl." is engraved on the front sides of the dog tags. "Sgt." has been scratched on the front of both tags. The number 1877169 is engraved on the back sides of the tags. The initial "1" is upside down on one of the tags. Sidney Israelski was in the United States Army during World War I.

Abstract On the obverse side of this bronze medal is a female Victory with wings and sword in her proper right hand and shield on her proper left side. On the reverse of the metal part is a shield with U.S. in the middle and on the left and right are raised capital letters. On the left: ''France, Italy, Serbia, Japan, Montenegro, Russia, Greece'' and on the right: '' Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, Rumania, China''. There are three stars in raised relief on both sides of the shield on the...

Abstract There are five metal stars across the crimped material on the top. The colors of the material are from left to right: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. There is pin fastener on the reverse side. The primary colors fade into each other, forming the secondary colors. The companion Victory Medal was established by the U.S. Congress in 1919 and awarded to members of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for active service between April 6, 1917 and...