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Distinguished Service Medal
1918
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Patinated bronze and blue enamel
Dimensions
Overall: length with ribbon: 8.3 x diameter of medal: 3.8 x 0.2 cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems
Accession Number1989.601
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionObv: Eagle with outspread wings holding a sheaf of wheat in one foot and arrows in the other, beneath a cloud with stars in the center / FOR * DISTINGUISHED * SERVICE * MCMXVIII
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Edge: 1708
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Edge: 1708
ProvenanceCollection of Katharine Lane Weems; to MFA November 1989.