Amos A. Fries
date: label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: associated person
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
label: maker
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: A three-quarters portrait of Amos A. Fries depicted as Brigadier General. An oil painting on an illustration board. A white man, He has black hair, brown eyes, and a black moustache. He is wearing a brown tunic with a Sam Browne belt. On his collar, two U.S. officer insignia can be seen (one on each side) and a Chemical Warfare Service insignia. His left chest there are six military ribbons (identified below) and one medal pinned on one of the ribbons. His shoulder strap has one star indicating his rank as Brigadier General. Brigadier General Fries's signature can be seen on the bottom of the portrait. Most parts of the uniform is not painted in great detail. Some minor scratches on the back of the board.The identifications of the six ribbons are given below proceeding from the top row to the bottom and from left to right: Distinguished Service Medal, Spanish War Service, Philippine Campaign, Victory, Possibly First 100,000 ribbon with a medal attached, Order of St. Michael and St. George.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Distinguished Service Medal
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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: Committee to Acquire for the Nation the Chase Collection of A. E. F. Portraits
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.37701
label: catalog number
content: 37701
label: accession number
content: 117218
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 9/16 in x 18 5/8 in; 62.38875 cm x 47.3075 cm