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1924/07/07

Object

Title: Medal

Medal inscribed "John H Hilldring, Capt. Inf. D O L. USA" on recto; "Elected Honorary Life Member, 144th Inf, July 7 1924" on verso.

GLC06196.134

circa 1940-1945

Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974

Photograph

Title: Portrait in civilian dress.

Portrait in civilian dress with medals.

GLC06196.218

circa 1940-1945

Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952

Photograph

Title: Portrait in civilian dress.

Portrait in civilian dress with medals. Inscribed to Hilldring.

GLC06196.232

circa 1940-1945

Document

Title: Citation.

Citation accompanying Distinguished Service medal with oak leaf cluster.

GLC06196.260

1940-1945

Object

Title: Oak leaf cluster.

Oak leaf cluster, presented with Distinguished Service Medal.

GLC06196.200

1940-1945

Object

Title: Distinguished Service Cross.

Distinguished Service Cross with four lapel pins. Engraved "John H. Hilldring" on verso.

GLC06196.201

1940-1945

Object

Title: Distinguished Service Medal.

Distinguished Service Medal engraved "John H. Hilldring" on verso. Includes four additional ribbons.

GLC06196.203

1940-1945

Object

Title: French "L'Union Fait Le Force" medal.

French "L'Union Fait Le Force" medal.

GLC06196.205

1940-1945

Object

Title: Medal.

"Honorary Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" medal.

GLC06196.206

1873

Object

Title: The Great Seal of the Confederacy

Very rare silver medal strike from the original plate made ca. 1863. In original case

GLC08054

1865

Usher, John Palmer, 1816-1889

Pamphlet

Title: Medals for Indian Chiefs

38th Congress 2nd Session Ex. Doc. No. 47 House of Representatives

GLC03776.22

14 November 1918

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Typed letter signed

Title: to my dear mother

The day the armistice was declared, Nov. 11, he took several phone calls in which they reversed the American Expeditionary Forces. Later the Italian army called saying they have 1 million Austrian prisoners and 200,000 horses and nothing to feed them with. He came up with a solution and outlines it for his mother. The next day they went to a medal ceremony with Scottish bagpipes. He includes a letter he received from William C. Dawes, the head of the English branch of the family. He thinks back to his father's experiences in the Civil War. Though they have not always gotten along with the…

GLC02679.25

February 6, 1866

Dunphy, Richard D., 1824-1904

Letter

Title: to Gideon Welles

Letter written for Dunphy, who lost both his arms during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, to Secretary of the Navy Welles. Also includes a carte de visite (10.1 x 6.2 cm.) pasted to the letter of Dunphy in his uniform with no arms. Wants to know how he can get the medal of honor that was promised to him by Vice Admiral David Farragut. Was on board the flagship USS "Hartford" and says "I was one of the sailors who were wounded in that action and I believe I stand to day the only one in the American Navy who lost both Arms in the late Rebellion." Farragut said he would send the medal by…

GLC08655

2 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia reports that Dave H. has won two campaign ribbons. She tells a long story of how he won the medals and the Coast Guard off Nantucket Island.

GLC09414.0019

1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: General Gouraud Bestowing Medals Upon French Heroes, Chalons sur Marne, France.

A crowd of French soldiers stands underneath the archway of the Forte Sainte-Croix recieving medals for valor after the battle at Chalons sur Marne.

GLC09584.230

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: General Pershing Decorating Officers of 89th Div., Treves, Germany.

A line of American soldiers receive the Distinguished Service Crosses from General Pershing on a field in Treves, Germany.

GLC09584.255

11 May 1944

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Pamphlet

Title: Retired Officers Or Employees Of The United States Tendered Decorations From Foreign Governments

One pamphlet entitled, "Retired Officers Or Employees Of The United States Tendered Decorations From Foreign Governments," dated May 11, 1944. This pamphlet contains two lists of retired officers or employees of the United States. The people have been given gifts or awards from foreign governments. The state department is holding these awards or presents under the provision of an act dated January 31, 1881 entitled, U.S.C., title 5, sec. 115. One list is awards and presents from friendly governments, the other list is from unfriendly governments.

GLC09693.30

1933-1945

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Header Record

Title: [Thirty-two presidential messages] [Decimalized .01- .32]

Collection of thirty-two presidential messages issued during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration, 1933-1945. The pamphlets concern many topics including; banking, commerce, taxes, agriculture, weapons, employment, transportation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Volstead Act, drugs and alcohol, education, and veterans.

GLC09693

1945

Mission Inn International Shrine of the Birdmen

Object

Title: St. Francis Medal

One St. Francis Medal owned by Robert L. Stone. The medal was carried by Stone on all of his bombing missions during World War II. During training at March Field, Bob and a fellow cadet drove to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California there was an international shrine of the birdmen. Once there they received the St. Francis medals. The medal is worn along the edges and on the rear as a result of Bob rubbing and carrying the medal on every mission and every airplane flight after returning home.

GLC09620.421

1943-1946