Medal
date: label: associated dates
content: 1943 01 01+ / 1943 01 01+, 1943 12 31- / 1943 12 31-
name: label: issuing authority
content: United States Government
notes: label: Description
content: Established by the U.S. War Department in 1918, the Distinguished Service Medal is given to someone who, while serving with the United States military, has distinguished him/herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility. The medal has American eagle, blue enameled rim, and “FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE / MCMXVIII” and has a red, white and blue ribbon. This example 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 was affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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.302606.388.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.388.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative & Association Items
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8 cm x 4 cm x .2 cm; 3 1/8 in x 1 9/16 in x 1/16 in