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Object details:

Object Name: Ribbon, Distinguished Service Medal, Civil Air Patrol
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19840097035

	Object Name
	Ribbon, Distinguished Service Medal, Civil Air Patrol

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94f97bf25-03e2-40c0-bec4-fc3468d7e4c8

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Natural Fabric (Likely Silk)

	Materials
	Plastic

	Dimensions
	3-D: 3.8 × 0.3 × 1.1cm (1 1/2 × 1/8 × 7/16 in.)

	Physical Description
	Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Distinguished Service Medal; white background, light blue rectangle with white propeller in center; flanked directly by a thin gold and thick blue bar from the inside outwards per side; this is followed by a white bar the same size as the blue, a red bar of the same dimensions, and a thin white bar from the inside outwards.

	Summary
	The CAP's Distinguished Service Medal is the third highest decoration possible in the CAP and is awarded for conspicuous performance of outstanding service in a duty of great responsibility. This is usually awarded for completion of an extremely difficult duty of marked national significance. This design was decommissioned in 1982.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Donated by Col. Louisa S. Morse (C.A.P.)

	Inventory Number
	A19840097035

	Type
	AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

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