Civil Air Patrol, United States, 2015
date: label: date made
content: 2015
name: label: maker
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Civil Air Patrol medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 2015
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Two (2) CAP volunteers–one male and one female–watching the skies. In the background, a tanker is escorted by CAP planes overhead.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: CIVIL AIR PATROL / 1941-1945
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A partial laurel wreath, representing honor and service, surrounding CAP insignia’s.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: US / HONOR / CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS WHO FLEW ARMED & HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS / ACT OF CONGRESS 2014
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Bronze duplicate of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Civil Air Patrol.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0254.72
label: accession number
content: 2016.0254
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0254.72
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper, zinc (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .7 cm x 7.7 cm; 9/32 in x 3 1/32 in