Can anyone identify this Medal ? ......... Thanks

ss350camaro · November 27, 2004 4:19AM

Found this in my Great Grandmothers Sons 'stuff'. Looks like it was a medal. The loop and ribbon is missing.

XpipedreamR · November 27, 2004 4:21AM

That's pretty neat. Looks like a PVC flip, though

pharmer · November 27, 2004 4:33AM

No, sorry. What metal is the medal? If you have access to an old foot-powered grindstone, you could put the pedal to the metal of the medal.

shylock · November 27, 2004 4:36AM

link

edit: this site has an image of the reverse if you scroll down a bit.

Outhaul · November 27, 2004 4:49AM

Ahhh...but is it for sale?

ss350camaro · November 27, 2004 4:50AM

Thanks shylock.

Bummer that the ribbon is missing. Would have been neat to see if there were any additional pieces.

I know that my Great Grandmothers Son was a Navy Veteran but i don't know where he served.

shylock · November 27, 2004 5:24AM

Doug - too bad about the ribbon but still a cool piece of history. Would be neat if you could trace it back to its original owner.

ozzysdad · November 27, 2004 6:09AM

If i'm not mistaken, It's a WW1 Service Medal look at the rim see if it has a number. I had one from my Great-Grandfather who served in France, there is a website that has a set of registry numbers that will tell you who the receipent was and what battalion they were in.

ss350camaro · November 27, 2004 6:12AM

nope, no number. the edge is smooth.

i'll check with my Mom. She has been working on a family tree / history now for a few years.

ksteelheader · November 27, 2004 6:20AM

Cool find!!...

keets · November 27, 2004 6:32AM

hey Doug

the medal was issued by the U.S. and her allies following World War 1. The reverse inscription was common to all the different national medals and the obverse Victory of Samothrace was also common to all with the exception that their were design differences due to each country choosing thewir own artist to do the design. the U.S. chose James Earle Fraser, ever heard of him before??

medals were distributed to all members of the armed forces who served between April 6, 1917 and November 18, 1918----approximately 4,765,000 men.

the medal without clasps was distributed to troops who served in the U.S. only. medals with a single clasp were given to those who served overseas but not in battle, medal with more than one clasp to men who participated in more than one major operation. all medals came with a loop and a ribbon, those without a loop are rare.

al h.

Bear · November 27, 2004 7:00AM

Keets, you is very smart.

Can anyone identify this Medal ? ......... Thanks

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