Name/Title
WWI medal posthumously awared to Miss Thelma Eisfeldt, 1919Entry/Object ID
1985.105.11Description
Acc. No. 85.105.11
Subject Category: World War 1.
Date or Period: 1919
Object: Medal (and original box)
Description: Bar pin with the motif of an eagle with outstretched wings and the words 'Honored Daughter', upon which is attached a silk ribbon (red, white & blue colored stripes). Suspended from the ribbon is a circular medallion containing the City seal and the heading "City of Alameda, California, 1919. On the reverse side wording in raised lettering “Present to Worlds War Hero," and engraved "Miss Thelma Eisfeldt," "#1022."
Size: L-24 inches.
History of Object:
Medal, especially minted for the City of Alameda, which were presented to returning World War 1. soldiers. This particular medal was given posthumously to the family of Thelma Eisfeldt who died while serving as a Red Cross nurse in France. She was born in Alameda.
Acquired from:
Frances Gunzburger
Date: 12-26-85Interpretative Labels
Label
1/22/2021 MvL: current sign:
City of Alameda
World War I Medals
Medals presented to residents
of Alameda who had served in
the First World War, 1919
