General Pershing's World War I Victory Medal
date: label: associated date
content: 1914-1918
name: label: wearer
content: Pershing, John J.
notes: label: Description
content: World War I Victory Medal awarded to General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). Bronze medal with a winged figure of Victory holding a sword and shield on the obverse. The medal hangs from a rainbow colored ribbon, with violet on the left and right edges and red at the center. Attached to the ribbon are fourteen battle clasps (from top to bottom): Cambrai; Somme, Defensive; Lys; Aisne; Montdidier-Noyon; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Somme, Offensive; Oise-Aisne; Ypres-Lys; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Vittorio-Veneto; and Defensive Sector. As Commander of the AEF, Pershing received a battle clasp for every major conflict in which the AEF was involved as well as a clasp for general defense service (Defensive Sector).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Europe
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Pershing War Office
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Estate of General John J. Pershing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.46879
label: catalog number
content: 46879
label: accession number
content: 182935
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Army; Service; Victory Medal, World War I
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (pendant material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (suspension ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 1 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (no case): 6 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/8 in; 17.145 cm x 3.81 cm x .3175 cm