Souvenir medal commemorating World War I
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1918
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A World War I era bronze circular souvenir medal attached to a vertically striped red, white and blue ribbon. The front of the medal contains imagery of a bald eagle with its wings outstreched at the top with sunrays filling the background and profile portrait of a soldier in uniform holding a bayonnet on the right side with the words [OUR COLORED TROOPS] written inside of an unfurled banner on the left side. The back of the medal contains the following message: [WORLD WAR BEGAN / AUGUST 1, 1914 / US entered APRIL 6, 1917 / WAR ENDED NOV. 11, 1918] with two crossed American flags below. Underneath the two crossed flags is engraved [PAT. APPL'D FOR].
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.222
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: bronze and ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 9/16 × 1 1/2 × 1/8 in. (9 × 3.8 × 0.3 cm)