Cantigny: The Americans Won Their First Laurels

Catalog Code: 
1- 1722
Description: 

A Family jigsaw puzzle made by Millers, Mechanicsburg, PA 1919 c.  Plywood, semi-interlocking, cut with 3 figure pieces spelling "USA" in sky.  Artist: Frank Schoonover.  Printed description of battle glued on box cover reads, "EARLY in the morning of May 28, 1918, three battalions of our 28th. Infantry, First Division--the first to land in France, swept out of their trenches and, aided by French tanks and Franco-American Artillery, captured the strongly held village of Cantigny.  A tense moment in that fight has been vividly caught by Mr. Schoonover, who worked from official photographs and descriptions by participants."

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Date: 
1919c.
Width: 
14"
Height: 
8"
Material: 
plywood
Container: 
box
Pieces Information
Pieces: 
188
Colorline: 
no
Figures: 
4
Interlock: 
sem
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Sale Status: 
Not for Sale
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