Medal, Military/American Defense

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Identifier2007-08-08_object_116Parts2007-08-08_object_116_012007-08-08_object_116_022007-08-08_object_116_032007-08-08_object_116_042007-08-08_object_116_052007-08-08_object_116_062007-08-08_object_116_072007-08-08_object_116_082007-08-08_object_116_092007-08-08_object_116_10Accession Number2007-8-8Catalog Number2007-8-8/116.12007-8-8/116.22007-8-8/116.32007-8-8/116.4Object NameMedal, MilitaryRibbon, MilitaryButton, MilitaryDescriptionMEDAL - USAAF American Defense Medal. Medal is suspended from a yellow grosgrain ribbon that is decorated with thin red, white, and blue stripes near each edge. The medal itself is round and made from bronze colored metal. Across the top it reads in raised text, "American Defense". It is decorated with a raised image of female Grecian figure symbolic of defense. She holds in one hand an ancient war shield in reverse and in her other hand, a sword above her head. She is standing on an oak branch with four leaves. On the back of the medal is raised leafy branch image at bottom, with raised inscription above: "For / service / during the / limited emergency / proclaimed by / the president / on September 8 1939 / or during the / unlimited emergency / proclaimed by / the president / on May 27 1941." Straight pin and clasp on back of ribbon. Pin was originally mounted on cardboard with blue felt frontside; cardboard is stored in same bag as medal.
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RIBBON 1: American Defense ribbon. The ribbon is silk, yellow background with one set of three thin blue, white, and red vertical stripes at each edge (2 total). On back, straight pin and clasp.
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RIBBON 2: American Defense ribbon. The ribbon is silk, yellow background with set of three thin blue, white, and red vertical stripes at each edge (2 total). At center of ribbon, a small, raised bronze metal star. On back, straight pin and clasp and black fabric (leather?).
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BUTTON: Lapel button for American Defense. Gold tone metal button. Thin bar of metal with enamel fill. Yellow background with set of three vertical blue, white, and red stripes along each edge (2 total). On back of thin metal bar, raised star image (possible maker's mark).MaterialFabricMetalEnamelDatecirca 1939-1945Signature/MarksMEDAL:
(Back) "For service during the limited emergency proclaimed by the president on September 8, 1939 or during the unlimited emergency proclaimed by the president on May 27, 1941"DimensionsMEDAL - H: 3 in/W: 1.5 inRIBBONS - 0.5 in/W: 1.5 inBUTTON - 0.625 inBibliographic CitationThe Museum of Flight CollectionRightsIn copyrightCatalog RecordView original catalog record

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Medal, Military/American Defense