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To the collection of military objects of biographical interest have 

 been added the sword carried by Maj. Gen. Eichard Montgomery of 

 the Continental Army, when he was killed during the attack on 

 Q.uebec, December 31, 1775. This priceless relic was accepted as a 

 gift to the nation from Miss Julian Barton Hunt by Joint Kesolution 

 of Congress adopted February 22, 1923, and deposited in the Na- 

 tional Museum. A relic of similar interest is a gold embroidered 

 military belt which was presented to Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, United 

 States Army, in recognition of his services during the War of 1812- 

 15. This object has been presented to the Museum by Miss Virginia 

 du Val Brown and Miss Emily Foster Brown through Mrs. Mary L. 

 Brown. 



The military collections relating to the World War have been in- 

 creased by a collection of uniforms and equipment of the type used 

 by the Australian and New Zealand forces, which were presented 

 by the governments of those countries to the United States War 

 Department and transferred to the Museum by that Department. 

 The collection of naval material relating to that period has been 

 increased by three table case models illustrating the establishment 

 and the removal of the North Sea mine barrage by the United 

 States and British Naval forces 1918-1919. 



An accession to the historical collections of the most unparalleled 

 importance received during the past fiscal year has been the collec- 

 tion of numismatic materials formerly shown at the United States 

 Mint in Philadelphia. This collection, on account of the closing of 

 the Mint to the public, was transferred to the Museum by the Treas- 

 ury Department in June, 1923, and preparations are now being made 

 for its display in an appropriate manner. The collection is already 

 so well known to the public as to render a specific account of its 

 character unnecessary. It includes about twenty thousand specimens 

 of the ancient and modern coins of the world, all in exceptionally 

 fine condition, and a large number of commemorative medals and 

 decorations. The numismatic collection already in the Museum in- 

 cludes a remarkably fine collection of medals and decorations which 

 will serve to supplement the material of this character received from 

 the Mint, which is most remarkable on account of the coins which it 

 contains. These include an almost complete series of American 

 coins from the time of the establishment of the United States Mint 

 in 1792, down to the present time. The foreign series is no less in- 

 teresting and valuable. The ancient coins include about five hundred 

 Greek and one thousand Roman specimens. All the great countries 

 of the world are well represented in the modern series. The largest 

 section of the collection in this connection consists of a very valuable 

 series of specimens of the coinage of Spain and the Spanish American 



