Medal, Distinguished Service, William C. Gorgas
date: label: date made
content: 1918
notes: label: Description
content: Established by the U.S. War Department in 1918, the Distinguished Service Medal recognizes a person 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 an American eagle, blue enameled rim with “FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE / MCMXVIII” and a red, white and blue ribbon. This example was given to the physician, William C. Gorgas (1854-1920).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. William C. Gorgas
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02072
label: catalog number
content: M-02072
label: accession number
content: 85930
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.4925 cm x .9525 cm