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Object details:

Object Name: Medal, American Legion Post 743, Gen. Charles Yeager
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19870238000

	Object Name
	Medal, American Legion Post 743, Gen. Charles Yeager

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f7f3857f-36f7-44fd-a1cd-7ceb5a3463ca

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Copper Alloy

	Materials
	Gold Alloy

	Materials
	Silk

	Dimensions
	3-D: 8.7 × 4.1 × 0.6cm (3 7/16 × 1 5/8 × 1/4 in.)

	Physical Description
	American Legion Post 743 Medal presented to Gen. Charles Yeager; Obverse relief of a hand and jet aircraft depicted; Reverse: embossed and inscribed text "MAY 12, 1954, PRESENTED TO MAJOR CHARLES E. YEAGER, AVIATORS' POST NO. 743 AMERICAN LEGION FLIGHT OF X-1A 12 DEC. 1955"; olive ribbon with blue and yellow center stripe with rainbow striped edge.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Donated by Gen. and Mrs. Charles E. Yeager

	Inventory Number
	A19870238000

	Type
	AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

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