George C. Marshall
date: label: date made
content: 1945
label: associated date
content: 1941 - 1945
name: label: associated person
content: Marshall, George C.
label: artist
content: Chase, Joseph Cummings
notes: label: Description
content: Oil on illustration board. Portrait of five star General George C. Marshall. Army Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals include: Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Unknown Ribbon (purple, possibly the purple heart), WWI Victory, Philippine Congressional, American Defense Service, Légion d'honneur, Unknown Ribbon (alternating bands of red and black), Unknown Ribbon (mostly white with a large band of red at the end and a small band of blue in the middle), Commendation Ribbon, Army Wound Ribbon, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Unknown Ribbon (equally sized bands of white, blue, and red), Unknown Ribbon (solid black with a small red band in center), Unknown Ribbon (orange with two bands of gold stripes, Unknown Ribbon (solid white), Unknown Ribbon (solid green with red band in center). Marshall wears a five star General's pin and possibly a War Department General Staff Identification pin on his shoulder loops. He also wears two officer pins and two Gerneral Staff Corps pins on his lapel. Marshall wears a black tie.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Arlington
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
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.46977
label: catalog number
content: 46977
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