Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: maker
content: American Legion
notes: label: Description
content: The American Legion was established in Paris in March 1919, with the aim of caring for the nearly two million veterans of the Great War returning to the United States. This bronze (silver?) medal commemorates the Legion’s 50th anniversary. The obverse has an eagle, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM” and “AMERICAN / LEGION” and “50TH ANNIVERSARY.” The reverse has a sword through a wreath, and "FIFTY YEARS / FOR / GOD / AND / COUNTRY / 1919-1969."
label: Description
content: The medal belonged to Maurice C. Wentz, M.D. who served as a radiologist (roentgenologist) in WWI and later practiced as an Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat specialist in York, Pennsylvania.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: American Legion
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ann Webster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0139.09
label: accession number
content: 2016.0139
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0139.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: medal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; .3175 cm x 3.175 cm