Medal
date: label: Date made
content: 1989
name: label: maker
content: President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this bronze medal has an eagle, and “THE PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.” The reverse has “42 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES” and “TO / Commemorate / the Service of / HAROLD RUSSELL / Appointed Member 1947 / Vice Chairman 1963 / Chairman 1964 / Chairman Emeritus 1989.” Harold Russell (1914-2002) was a Canadian-American who, after having lost both hands in World War II, became an actor and activist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0122.01
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0122.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 11/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in