Medal

Name/Title

Medal

Entry/Object ID

1977.43.2

Description

Medal bearing a picture of a goddess with sword and shield. The reverse has the inscription, "The great war for civilization, US, France, Italy, Servia, Japan, Montenegro, Russia, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, Rumania, China". The medal hangs from ribbon crossed with bars reading: "Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne, Defensive Sector". The ribbon is rainbow colored.

Context

Award to Guy Hiram Boyce of Moretown, Vermont, for service during WWI.

Acquisition

Accession

1977.43

Source or Donor

Boyce, Warren Maxwell (1944-2013)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1918

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

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

Material

Bronze, Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Boyce, Guy Hiram (1889-1973)

Related Places

Place

Town

Fayston

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Place

Town

Waitsfield

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Place

Town

Moretown

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

World War I