Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1969
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: This Presidential Medal of Freedom was presented to Duke Ellington by President Richard Nixon on April 29, 1969. It is a red, white, and blue enamel gold-tone medal on a sash of blue ribbon with white edges. In original wooden box lined with fabric. The box also contains a smaller pin version of the medal and a small eagle pin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.345
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.345
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ribbon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 7 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 18.415 cm x 20.955 cm