Medal
notes: label: Description
content: This fairly heavy five-pointed star with maroon ribbon and enameled oval of green leaves probably belonged to John Miller Turpin Finney (1863-1942), the chief surgical consultant for the Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Finney was also a founder and the first president of the American College of Surgeons, and he operated at The Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.388.05
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.388.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative & Association Items
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: burgundy (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.8 cm x 5.5 cm x .8 cm; 5 1/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 5/16 in