Scope and Contents

World War II Scrapbook of Corporal Joseph J. Bernius, Company B, 591st Engineer Boat Regiment, covering the years 1942 through 1944. This extensive scrapbook consists predominantly of photographs. Also included are postcards, currency, and examples of English regimental insignia. Places covered according to entries on the second page include Scotland, England, North Africa, and Italy.

Scope and Contents Collection 15 of German and Eastern Front bank notes. Of note are specific locations for some of the notes which include a note from the period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian revolution in 1905, a Ukrainian bank note issued by the short lived Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918, and a Bulgarian bank note which dates from the first decade of communist rule in Bulgaria. The notes illustrate the tumultuous history of economics for this area and show the severity of the...