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Pendant necklace of blue and gold steel beads woven together to form a pendant. Purchased by Ellen Nixon Hair in France during World War I. Hair was working as a Red Cross nurse when she bought this necklace from a Belgian soldier who sold it to benefit the wounded.
Date: between 1915 and 1919
Item Number: 223691
Call Number: 1978.93.5
KSHS Identifier: 1978.93.5
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Nurses
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Red Cross
Date - 1910s
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Necklace
Places - International - Belgium
Places - International - France
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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