Brand/Markings: Heading reads THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA beneath a spread-wing eagle vignette with E PLURIBUS UNUM banner, followed by OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT and formal script text.
Item: Original World War II era Office of Scientific Research and Development award certificate issued by the Government of the United States of America for scientist Garrett Shaw Warfield.
Design: Single-sheet printed appreciation certificate with decorative eagle artwork at the top, bold Gothic title lettering, and centered calligraphic text laid out as a formal proclamation of service.
Text details: Body text begins This is to certify that Garrett Shaw Warfield has participated in work organized under the Office of Scientific Research and Development through the National Defense Research Committee contributing to the successful prosecution of the Second World War and notes that the certificate is awarded in appreciation of effective service.
Date and office: Lower portion carries the identifying line Office of Scientific Research and Development with location Washington, D.C. and the date March 1, 1945 printed at the bottom center.
Signatures: Bottom margin shows printed facsimile signatures for James B. Conant identified as Chairman, National Defense Research Committee and Vannevar Bush identified as Director.
Mailing tube: Accompanying cylindrical cardboard mailing tube bears a printed return label reading From University of California Division of War Research at U.S. Navy Radio & Sound Laboratory San Diego 52, California with a typed address block for Mr. Garrett Shaw Warfield at a Brooklyn, New York, street address.
Color/Material: Light tan paper stock with black printed heading, body text, and signature facsimiles, paired with a brown kraft cardboard tube carrying black printed and typed address information.
Features: Illustrates the wartime role of the National Defense Research Committee and Office of Scientific Research and Development in coordinating American scientific contributions to the Second World War, with named recognition of an individual researcher and associated university war research laboratory mailing tube.
Uses: Suitable for collectors of U.S. World War II scientific and military history, government award certificates, Office of Scientific Research and Development or Vannevar Bush ephemera, or as a framed display document in a research, archival, or educational setting.
Related Items:
Vintage 1945 US OSRD WWII Service Certificate Garrett Shaw Warfield Wash DC
$74.95
Vintage 1945 Entrenching Tool (E-Tool), Folding Shovel w/ Handle
$60.00
VINTAGE NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ~WORLD WAR 2 SURIBACHI IWO JIMA JAPAN FLAG WWII 1945
$14.49
