Object ID
2013.6.8
Object Name
Certificate, Discharge
Object Collection
Calas Family Collection (is part of)
Date Created
April 12, 2013, 1919
Event
Honorable Discharge
Material
Paper
Object Entities
Printed, (created by)
Calas, Andrew (owned by)
Calas, Candi (is related to)
Calas, Kurt (is related to)
Calas, Craig (is related to)
Calas, Andrew (is related to)
Calas, Andrew (owned by)
Calas, Candi (is related to)
Calas, Kurt (is related to)
Calas, Craig (is related to)
Calas, Andrew (is related to)
Object Description
A plain piece of yellowing paper with a faded blue border. Within that there is a title of "Honorable Discharge," and under that a colored print of a flag with 48 stars. Under the flag the document has "As the flag is clean so keep your honorable discharge neat," printed on it. The document is torn where it has been folded.
Origin
Andrew Calas received an honorable discharge from the U.S. army in 1919 for an injury sustained in October of 1918. With his honorable discharge he recieved a 48 star American flag. This document came with his honorable discharge paper and flag.
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Citation
Certificate, Discharge, April 12, 2013, 1919, Calas Family Collection, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/9683. Accessed 04/25/24.