Distinguished Service Cross presentation case issued to Lewis Broadus
date: label: Date
content: Awarded 1906; issued 2006
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Arrow Manufacturing, American
label: Issued by
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Received by
content: Lewis Cunningham Broadus, American, 1875 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: Distinguished Service Cross presentation case issued to Lewis Broadus. The case is rectangular in shape and opens on door metal hinges. The top of the case is designed in gold lettering that reads, [DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS/ [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]. On the left there is a vertical border of leaves and arrows encased in double lines. The case opens on the shorter end. The top of the case is lined with white paper. The bottom insert is made from a soft grey fabric that has holes where the medal, ribbon bar, and pin can be attached. The insert can be completely removed from the case and hung on a wall. The inside is lined with white plastic and has a rectangular shape coming out of the bottom. Below the rectangle is the manufacture’s mark, [ARROW]. The back is blank.
place: label: Place made
content: Tomball, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Spanish-American War, 1898
label: Topic
content: World War I
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 the Lewis Broadus Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.4.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: cases (containers)
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: leather with metal, plastic, cloth and paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 7 × 4 1/4 × 1 in. (17.8 × 10.8 × 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 7 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (19.1 × 10.8 × 19.1 cm)