Walter Kreuger
date: label: associated date
content: 1941 - 1945
name: label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: artist
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: Oil on illustration board. Portrait of four star General Walter Kreuger. Army Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals include: Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal with two gold leaf clusters, Dewey Medal, Legion of Merit, Spanish War Service, Army of Cuban Occupation, unknown ribbon (majority obscured by lapel, possibly Philippine Campaign), Mexican Boarder Service, unknown ribbon with a gold star (bands of black, green, yellow, and a orange center), Army of Occupation of German, American Defense Service, American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign with four gold stars, unknown ribbon (white ribbon with a large red block in center), unknown ribbon (solid yellow ribbon with possibly a yellow rosette), unknown ribbon (large band of yellow flanked by white and blue bands on either side), unknown ribbon (begins and ends in red with two bars of blue and white in center, and the Marine Corps Recruiting ribbon. Kreuger wears officer pins on his lapels and a sixth army insignia patch on the shoulder of his left arm sleeve and two gold overseas service chevrons (indicating his service in WWI) and six overseas service bars (indicating his service in WWII) on his lower left arm sleeve. He rests his left arm on a table and is wearing a gold watch on his left wrist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
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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.56994M
label: catalog number
content: 56994M
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 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in; 62.23 cm x 46.99 cm