Medal

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Medal

Entry/Object ID

2016.35.35

Description

Medal/Metal and cloth/Victory Medal. Metal blue rectangle with gold trim at top is the clip. Attached to it is a piece of cloth with three distinct vertical line shaped sections. The two on the outside are greenish gold, and the middle is black with a rainbow trim. Attached to a metal ring on the cloth is the round golden metal. An inner ring in blue contains another inner golden ring with a star and a laurel wreath in the middle./ On the clip in gold "Past Commander" On the medal, blue inner ring "American Legion" Over the star in the innermost ring "U.S." On the back "Member of Post No. The American Legion Pat Dec. 9-19"/3.5"x2"x.5"

Collection

WORLD WAR I

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Medal

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Decoration of Honor

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Award

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

1/2 in

Width

2 in

Length

3-1/2 in

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 27, 2016