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Box 2

 Container

Contains 15 Collections and/or Records:

Assorted Artifacts – High School and Army, 1854-1973

 File — Box: 2
Identifier: Box 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: 1854-1973

One Army snap-front canvas pouch containing coinage from various countries, including France, England, Nazi Germany and the United States, 1854-1973

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: 1854-1973

One bag of foreign currency and military script from: Holland, 1928 and 1943; France, 1941 and post invasion, 1944; Germany, military script and 1917 and 1923 Reichsbanknotes; Belgium, 1943, 1928-1944

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: 1928-1944

One pair of vintage Leedy drum sticks, sold by the Harding and Miller Music Store of Evansville, Indiana [used by Schneck to learn to play drums in high school], circa 1934

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1934

Wadesville High School athletic letters, one scarlet, one gray, one gray star, circa 1937

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1937

Wadesville High School graduation certificate, rolled and tied with the original scarlet ribbon, April 22, 1937

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: April 22, 1937

Rawlings baseball glove and 2 baseballs [The donor’s family has noted that the glove was used by Schneck to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals in spring 1941], circa 1941

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1941

Pilot’s good luck charms given to Ralph Schneck by co-workers just prior to him leaving for the Army. Included are a 1936 penny pressed into an aluminum horseshoe, a 1934 Chicago World’s medallion, a four-leaf clover preserved in a plastic case, a sea shell, a very tiny pocket knife, an oversized 1937 Indian nickel paper weight. Also included is a token from the Posey County or Vandenburgh County fair with Schneck’s name and address on it (The donor’s family indicated this was his personal good luck charm.) [items are in a small box within the artifact box], circa 1934

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1934

One pair of aviation sunglasses by American Optical with case, circa 1942

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 8
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1942

One lot of World War II era patches which includes air cadet patch, 8[sup]th[/sup] Air Force bullion patch, 8[sup]th[/sup] Air Force, United States made embroidered patch, 8[sup]th[/sup] Air Force, British made embroidered patch, two 329[sup]th[/sup] Bomb Squadron British made embroidered patches, circa 1942

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 9
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1942

One conductor’s baton that the donor’s family noted was presented to Ralph Schneck by band leader Harry James at the Coconut Grove, Los Angeles, after James had just played He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings, June 30, 1942

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 10
Identifier: Item 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: June 30, 1942

One waterproof bag of survival maps printed on rayon, nylon or silk. Map detail: 43/K, Spain and Portugal [2 versions]; Map H2; Spain and France; Map 43/C Germany [2 versions]; Map 43/D, Germany; Map 43/E, Germany, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. Also included in the bag are four hacksaw blades, three opened, one unopened, circa 1940s

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 11
Identifier: Item 11
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1940s

One bag of silk flight gloves, circa 1940s

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 12
Identifier: Item 12
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1940s

One group of United States Army Air Corps uniform items that include: 3” Luxembourg sterling silver, pin back pilot’s wings; large pin back “U.S.” insignia, gold filled; small Balfour clutch-back United States insignia, 10k gold filled; World War II dog tag and a boxed 2 inch Balfour sterling silver sweetheart pilot’s wings, circa 1940s [housed in a smaller artifact box], circa 1942

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 13
Identifier: Item 13
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1942

Two copies of Hubert cartoon books, circa 1944

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 14
Identifier: Item 14
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts include memorabilia from Wadesville High School, numerous military artifacts, including foreign currency, pilot’s good luck charms (given by friends), aviation sunglasses, silk gloves (worn under heated flight suits), United States Army Air Corps uniform items and “Hubert” cartoon books. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, with oversized materials housed separately for preservation purposes.
Dates: circa 1944