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surface in a verj' graphic and striking manner. The original topo- 

 graphical map was made by a small part}' of officers and enlisted 

 men of the United States Marine Corps, under the command of 

 Maj. Charles D, Barrett, during the autumn of 1919, before the 

 devastated region had been restored. Great care and accuracy were 

 exercised in its construction; each house and town was sketched 

 and modeled on the ground, and the result is an exact copy of the 

 original dwellings as they existed during the engagement. The 

 scale of the map is 1 : 1200, or 1 inch on the map represents 100 feet 

 on the ground, the total area shown covering about 13 square miles. 

 The Marine Corps has also lent to the Museum in the same connec- 

 tion six battle flags carried during the World War by Marine 

 Corps units and a set of 12 uniforms, with decorations and ac- 

 cessories, 6 of which represent the commissioned officers and 6 of 

 AV'hich represent the enlisted personnel of that organization. 



The numismatic section of the war collection has been enriched 

 by the addition of a set of the medals issued by the following States 

 in recognition of service during that conflict : Delaware, Missouri, 

 New Jersey, New Hampshire. New York, North Carolina, Oregon, 

 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. These medals have 

 been presented to the Museum by the States by which they were 

 issued. Through the courtesj^ of the United States Commission of 

 Fine Arts, Charles Moore, chairman, sets of the medals and deco- 

 rations issued by the Governments of Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, 

 and Portugal in recognition of services during the war have been 

 received as the gift of the Governments mentioned. These include 

 the following: The continental medal of 1914 and 1911r-15, the 

 overseas medal, the victoiy medal, and the mercantile marine medal 

 of Great Britain; the military cross, the military medal, the war 

 cross, the medal of the Yser, the commemorative medal, and the 

 victory medal of Belgium ; the cross of the Military Order of Savoy, 

 the military valor silver medal, the war cross, the national gratitude 

 medal, and the national commemorative medal of Italy; and the 

 silver campaign medal, the war cross, and the victory medal of 

 Portugal. A small but interesting collection of European coins 

 issued during the war has been presented by Douglas N. Starr, and 

 ii collection of the most interesting types of paper currency issued 

 in Germany during the same period has been secured by purchase. 



The additions to the historical collections relating to periods other 

 than that of the World War have been equal in every respect to 

 those of tliis character received during the previous fiscal year. 

 The biographical collections have been increased by a number of 

 very valuable specimens, among which are the following: A sword 

 carried by General Washington during the War of the Revolution, 

 a gold-headed cane bequeathed to him by Benjamin Franklin, and a 



