Souvenir medal commemorating World War I
date: label: Date
content: after 1919
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: 369th Infantry Regiment, American, 1913 - 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A World War I era bronze circular souvenir medal attached to a red ribbon with a horizontal bronze piece attached. The bronze horizontal attachement holds an image of a bald eagle with its wings outstretched and seven stars above the left wing and six stars above the right wing. The medal is missing its pinback that would allow it to be affixed to a uniform. 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 "WORLD WAR BEGAN / AUGUST 1, 1914 / US entered APRIL 6, 1917 / ARMISTICE SIGNED NOV. 11, 1918 / PEACE SIGNED JUNE 28, 1919" engraved in it.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2011.155.296
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 3/16 × 1 5/8 × 1/8 in. (8.1 × 4.1 × 0.3 cm)