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United States. Army Air Forces [Medal Mount with Ribbons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.381 Author/Creator: United States. Army Air Forces Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1946 Pagination: 1 medal mount : cloth and metal : brown, red, blue, black, white, purple, orange, yellow, and green Height: 1.1 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

A medal mount for four military ribbons. It has two ribbons. On the left, is the World War II Victory ribbon with a red center, and then a purple, blue, green, yellow, orange pattern on the either edge. The ribbon on the right hand side is the World War II American Campaign Medal.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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