Official emblem of the Library of the Office of the Surgeon General. The bottom of the outer circle is designed as a belt with a buckle. Inside the circle is a banner that says, "War Department." Image caption on page 29 of the book US National Library of Medicine: "Library staff used this official emblem of the Library of the Office of the Surgeon General on bookplates and stationery during the later 1800s."
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