Name/Title
WWI Honored Son medal issued by City, in box, 1919Entry/Object ID
1996.136.1Description
ACC. NO. 96.136.1 A and B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WORLD WAR I
DATE OR PERIOD: 1919
OBJECT: MEDAL IN BOX
DESCRIPTION:
A. CIRCULAR-SHAPED MEDALLION MEDAL ATTACHED TO BLUE-, RED-, AND WHITE-COLORED RIBBONS. RIBBONS ATTACHED TO OBLONG-SHAPED PENDANT, WITH CAPTION IN EMBOSSED LETTERING, "HONORED SON."
SIZE: L 2-1/4"
B. BOX, OBLONG-SHAPED, COVERED IN OFF-WHITE COLORED PAPER. INTERIOR BEARS ADVERTISING FLAP, STATING "IRVINE AND JACHENS, MAKERS."
SIZE: L 3" X W 1-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
MEDAL ISSUED BY THE CITY OF ALAMEDA TO RETURNING SERVICEMEN FOLLOWING WORLD WAR I. MEDAL WAS ISSUED IN 1919.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
DATE: APRIL 13.1996Interpretative 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
