Tokens of the kind of that pictured here as No. 8 were given to the “cheerful givers.” The obverse of No. 8 shows Washington’s head facing the right, at each side four stars, the legend being: GEO. WASHINGTON / PRESIDENT. The reverse has the following inscription in nine lines, the first three and last one curved: GOD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER / GREAT FAIR / IN AID OF THE / U. S. / SANITARY / COMMISSION / NANTUCKET / MASS. / AUGUST 1864. The size is twenty-four millimeters. Specimens were struck in silver, copper, brass, nickel, and tin.
[Illustration: No. 8 “Sanitary Fair” Token]
To be sure, the present essay represents but a very modest contribution to the discipline of medallic history. If through the methodological approach of a specific problem it would aid in stimulating further research in this little cultivated field, the author would consider this a highly gratifying reward.
William E. S. Flory, Prisoners of War: A Study in the Development of International Law. Washington, D. C.: American Council on Public Affairs, 1942.
A good survey of all legal aspects of the subject, with a selected bibliography.
Georges Werner, “Les Prisonniers de Guerre,” in Académie de Droit International: Receuil des Cours, 1928, Vol. I, Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1929, pp. 1-107.
Scholarly juridical treatise on all legal problems concerning prisoners of war.
Franz von Liszt, Das Völkerrecht. Twelfth edition by Max Fleischmann. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1925, pp. 480-488.
The standard German work on International Law, with a selected bibliography.
André Warnod, Prisonnier de Guerre: Notes et Croquis Rapportés d’Allemagne. Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1915.
Experiences in a German internment camp, with interesting drawings by the author as illustrations.
[Alexander] Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland. Siegen-Leipzig-Berlin: Verlag Hermann Montanus, 1915.
About 250 photographs from German prison camps with explanatory comments.
[Anonymous]: Deutsche Kriegsgefangene in Feindesland. Berlin and Leipzig: 1919.
Official accounts of the German government concerning prisoners of war in France and England.
Clemens Plassmann, Die deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in Frankreich, 1914-1920. Berlin: Verlag der Reichsvereinigung ehemaliger Kriegsgefangener, 1921.