[AFRICAN AMERICANA] -- [WORLD WAR I]. Our Colored Heroes. Chicago, IL: E.G. Renesch, 1918.
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA] -- [WORLD WAR I]. Our Colored Heroes. Chicago, IL: E.G. Renesch, 1918.
14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (visible) lithograph under mat (very fine condition, chipping and few short tears to edges, underside affixed to mat with tape). Titled and copyrighted in lower margin.
A lithograph produced to commemorate the action taken by two African American soldiers, Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts, who were cited for bravery and presented with the Crois de Guerre by General Pershing on 19 May 1918.
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