[AFRICAN AMERICANA - WORLD WAR I]. Our Colored Heroes. Chicago, IL: E.G. Renesch, 1918.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
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$635
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Lot Description
[AFRICAN AMERICANA - WORLD WAR I]. Our Colored Heroes. Chicago, IL: E.G. Renesch, 1918.
16 x 19 7/8 in. lithograph (very good, chipping and few short tears to edges). 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.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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