Medal
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 2003.002.03
- Date:
- circa 1919
- Description:
- Medal, World War I Victory. Bronze pin and round medallion, silk ribbon with colors of two rainbows, red in center. Design in relief obverse side: winged Victory with shield and sword. Reverse: shield with vertical stripes bottom 2/3 and letter "U S" in top 1/3, overlain by a fasces. Text over design: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION", on left side: "FRANCE / ITALY / SERBIA / JAPAN / MONTENEGRO / RUSSIA / GREECE", on right side: "GREAT / BRITAIN / BELGIUM / BRAZIL / PORTUGAL / RUMANIA / CHINA". Six stars on bottom edge. Two bronze battle clasps on ribbon with raised lettering: "* MEUSE-ARGONNE*" and "*DEFENSIVE SECTOR*".
- Material:
- Textile
Metal
Bronze
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-1.4 L-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is daughter of Harold C. Gibson of Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Patricia Gibson Baker
- People:
- Gibson, Harold C. (1896-1985)
- Subjects:
- Fasces, Medallions, Medals, Ribbons, Shields, Stars, Swords, Winged Victory (Statue), World War I
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