John Franklin Hardesty Prisoner of War Identity Card - n.d.
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OFFIZIER-GEFANGENENLAGER VILLINGEN Nro 14. [photograph] [stamp] OFFIZIER-GEFANGENENLAGER VILLINGEN Hauptmann: Hardesty.
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[text on left German translation for text on right] Word-of-honour. I declare by my word-of-honour, that I will not make any attempt to escape from the time leaving the camp until returning to it, will make no preparation for a future escape, will not act in anyway to the prejudices of the German Empire I know that a prisoner of war escaping inspite of the given word-of-honour, according to S 153 of the German army regulation incures the penalty of death [stamp] OFFIZIER-GEFANGENENLAGER VILLINGEN Signature J.F. Hardesty Em Oberstleutnant u. Kommandant
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| Title | John Franklin Hardesty Prisoner of War Identity Card - n.d. |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | John Franklin Hardesty Prisoner of War Identity Card. N.d. John Franklin Hardesty Papers, 1867-2007. A2293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | John Franklin Hardesty entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps and volunteered to serve as a surgeon with the British Army during WWI. In March of 1918, he was captured by Germans in Amiens, France. Hardesty was imprisoned at Ratstatt and Villingen Prisoner of War Camps for eight months. This was Hardesty's Villingen Prisoner of War Camp identification card. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners; Identification cards |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | n.d. |
| Language | English; German |