Medal

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Medal

Entry/Object ID

2016.35.36

Description

Medal/Metal and cloth/Golden clip on top, back part of a rainbow cloth (purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) Intersecting the cloth are three gold bars with a star on each end. Attached to the cloth by a metal ring is a round gold metal medal. On one side, raised over the metal is a front facing angel holding a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left. On the other side is a shield with an axe in the middle. Stars line the bottom of the circle./ On the three metal bars "St. Mihiel" "Meuse-Argonne" "Defensive Sector" On the side of the medal with the shield and axe "The Great War for Civilization" "France, Italy, Serbia, Japan, Montenegro, Russia, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, Romania, China, U.S."/4"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

4 in

Length

2 in

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 27, 2016