Medal for Meritorious Service awarded to General Colin L. Powell
date: label: Date
content: September 14, 1989
name: label: Issued by
content: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
label: Received by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: United States Department of Defense
notes: label: Caption
content: General Colin Powell was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in September 1989. This medal is presented to members of the U.S. Armed Forces for outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the U.S.
label: Description
content: One (1) Medal for Meritorious Service awarded to General Colin L. Powell. The bronze medal is in the shape of a five-pointed star with beveled edges and has two smaller stars within the larger, defined by incised outlines. In front of the lower part of the star is an eagle with upraised wings standing on two upward curving branches of laurel and tied with a ribbon between the feet of the eagle. The reverse of the medal has a circular engraved inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" / "MERITORIOUS SERVICE". The medal is suspended from a double-sided crimson and white striped silk ribbon.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.58
objectType: label: Type
content: medals
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brass (alloy) and silk (fiber)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 × 1 1/2 × 1 9/16 in. (7.6 × 3.8 × 4 cm)