Joseph L. Collins
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Collins, J. Lawton
label: artist
content: Joseph Cummings Chase
notes: label: Description
content: Oil painting on illustration board in a wooden frame. Portrait of Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Collins. Army and Navy Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals Include: Distinguished Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Silver Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster, (unknown ribbon of red with a valor device), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign with two Gold Stars, and a European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Collins wears a VII Corps-3d design patch on his upper left arm sleeve and a US Army long-service insignia with seven stripes on his lower left arm sleeve. Collins is decorated as a three star Lieutenant General with a green band in the the middle of his shoulder loops. This band was authorized as a combat leader identification, including those in temporary positions.
label: Description
content: This green band is possibly a reference to his temporary ranks of Colonel, January 1941, brigader general, February 1942 and major general, May 1942, and lieutenant general April 1945. He wears a officer pin on his left lapel. Collins also wears a gold ring on his ring finger of his left hand.
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.46986
label: catalog number
content: 46986
label: accession number
content: 166217
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Portrait
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: illustration board (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 3/16 in x 22 3/16 in; 71.628 cm x 56.388 cm
label: Measurements
content: painting: 23 3/8 in x 17 in; 59.436 cm x 43.18 cm