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Object details:

Object Name: Ribbon, Frank Borman Falcon Award, Civil Air Patrol
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19840097031

	Object Name
	Ribbon, Frank Borman Falcon Award, Civil Air Patrol

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e90eb278-8622-4fb2-ab0a-d058ba8049ed

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Synthetic Fabric

	Materials
	Plastic

	Dimensions
	3-D: 3.5 × 0.5 × 1.1cm (1 3/8 × 3/16 × 7/16 in.)

	Physical Description
	Civil Air Patrol (CAP) frank Borman Falcon Award; white background, blue rectangle with two stars in center, one star above the other; flanked by a red bar per side separated from the blue rectangle by a white bar of the same dimensions as the red.

	Summary
	The now obsolete Frank Borman Falcon Award was decommissioned in 1979. It was formerly awarded to CAP cadets who, after receiving the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award, went on to take steps to become dynamic Americans and Aerospace leaders by completing either a ROTC Course or completed their second year at a military institution of learning.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

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

	Inventory Number
	A19840097031

	Type
	AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

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