European African Middle Eastern Campaign service medal awarded to Lorenzo DuFau
date: label: Date
content: 1985
name: label: Manufactured by
content: United States Navy, American, founded 1775
label: Owned by
content: Lorenzo A. DuFau, American, 1920 - 2015
notes: label: Description
content: A US military European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign service medal awarded to Lorenzo A. DuFau, who served in the US Navy. The medal is round and depicts a group of soldiers disembarking from a large ship below the text "EUROPEAN / AFRICAN MIDDLE / EASTERN CAMPAIGN" on the front, with the reverse showing a standing American bald eagle with the text "UNITED / STATES OF / AMERICA / 1941 / 1945". The medal hangs on a metal loop from a ribbon of green, brown, white, black, red, and navy blue stripes. A locking pin back is adhered to the back of the ribbon.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: World War II
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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 Lorenzo A. DuFau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.5.4
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: metal and ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 × 1 7/16 × 1/4 in. (7.6 × 3.7 × 0.6 cm)