Distinguished Service Cross Medal
date: label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: recipient
content: Pershing, John J.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Bronze cross suspended from a red, white, and blue ribbon. An eagle rests in the center of the cross. Below the eagle, a scroll bears the inscription "FOR VALOR." On reverse, the center of the cross is circled by a wreath with a space for the name of the recipient.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This Distinguished Service Cross was awarded to General John J. Pershing.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Distinguished Service Cross, the DSC, is the second highest award for valor bestowed on a solider. President Woodrow Wilson established the award on January 2, 1918. The DSC is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the army, distinguished himself or herself by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor: while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing or foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party. The act or acts of heroism must have been so notable and have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to set the individual apart from his or her comrades.
place: label: associated place
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of General John J. Pershing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.46878
label: catalog number
content: 46878
label: accession number
content: 182935
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
label: Other Terms
content: medal; Army; Decoration; Distinguished Service Cross
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (suspension ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pin fastener material)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (pendant material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm