General Pershing's World War I Victory Medal
General Pershing's World War I Victory Medal
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- Description
- World War I Victory Medal awarded to General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). Bronze medal with a winged figure of Victory holding a sword and shield on the obverse. The medal hangs from a rainbow colored ribbon, with violet on the left and right edges and red at the center. Attached to the ribbon are fourteen battle clasps (from top to bottom): Cambrai; Somme, Defensive; Lys; Aisne; Montdidier-Noyon; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Somme, Offensive; Oise-Aisne; Ypres-Lys; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Vittorio-Veneto; and Defensive Sector. As Commander of the AEF, Pershing received a battle clasp for every major conflict in which the AEF was involved as well as a clasp for general defense service (Defensive Sector).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Medal
- Other Terms
- Medal; Army; Service; Victory Medal, World War I
- associated date
- 1914-1918
- wearer
- Pershing, John J.
- associated place
- Europe
- Physical Description
- bronze (pendant material)
- cloth (suspension ribbon material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 1 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- AF.46879
- catalog number
- 46879
- accession number
- 182935
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Estate of General John J. Pershing
- World War I
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Pershing War Office
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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