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GUSN-48088
On the front side is a red, white, and blue enameled gold medal in a cross form. The crossed American and French flags are represented in a white circle, in the center, with a red rooster upon them. On the back side is an inscribed red enameled circle in the middle of the cross. The medal has a hanging ring on the top.
medallions (medals)
gold (metal)
porcelain enamel
Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative
Medal, Commemorative
Heads: "Viva la France" Tails: "The American Fund for French Wounded" (Stamped)
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
1 1/2 x 1 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3037
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