Jacob Loucks Devers
date: label: associated date
content: 1941 - 1945
name: label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: maker
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: A three-quarters portrait of General Jacob Loucks Devers depicted as Commanding General, Armoured Force, European Theatre of Operations, 6th Army Group Army Ground Forces. An oil painting on an illustration board. A white man with gray and brown hair, General Devers is facing right wearing a brown service uniform. He has seventeen ribbons on his left chest, four stars on his shoulder pads indicating his rank as a General, U.S. officer insignia on his collar, and a blue/white/red shoulder sleeve insignia indicating the Army Ground Forces. His signature can be seen on the bottom of the portrait.The identification of the seventeen ribbons are given below proceeding from the top row to the bottom and from left to right: Distinguished Service Cross with two gold miniature oak leaves, Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star, Victory (World War I), Possibly Purple Heart, American Defense Service, American Campaign, European-African-Middle eastern Campaign with one silver and one gold star, Victory (World War II), and Army of Occupation Medal, Possibly Order of the Bath (UK), possibly Order of Military Merit (Brazil), French Legion of Honor, French Croix de Guerre (with four palms), unknown, and unknown. The unknown ribbons might be awards from foreign services and governments that are unable to be identified.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Joseph Cummings Chase
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.46987
label: catalog number
content: 46987
label: accession number
content: 166217
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/16 in x 18 1/16 in; 61.11875 cm x 45.87875 cm