Fire-damaged presentation coins and medallion
notes: label: Description
content: Description: This fused clump of presentation coins and a fire-scarred medallion were recovered from the damaged offices of the Pentagon.
label: Description
content: Context: The U.S. military has a long tradition of presenting commissioned coins and medallions to visiting dignitaries, to those who have provided special support, and to recognize exemplary service.
label: Description
content: When terrorists hijacked an airplane and crashed it into the Pentagon, the jet fuel ignited a huge fire. The heat from the blaze was so intense that it even melted these metal coins.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: recovered
content: United States: Virginia, Pentagon
title: label: Title
content: Fire-damaged presentation coins and medallion
topic: label: associated subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
label: related event
content: Attack on the Pentagon
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
label: See more items in
content: September 11
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0279.19
label: accession number
content: 2002.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0279.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medallions, fused
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm