Divisional Insignia, Service Bars, War Medals of the American Army: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A small booklet with a front cover has the printed title [Divisional / Insignia / Service Bars / War Medals / of the / American Army / PRICE 25 CENTS] and an oval cut-out window that reveals an illustrated portrait of a soldier on the first interior page. The booklet contains an introduction and twelve pages with full color illustrations of the various militiary divisional insignia, service bars and war medals that were issued by the United States Army. The first interior page has the copyright notice [COPYRIGHT 1919 A. WRIGHT] at the bottom.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1919
• Published by: Unidentified
• Subject of: United States Army, American, founded 1775
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 9/16 x 3 7/16 in. (16.7 x 8.7 cm)
• Place depicted: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Military
• Topic: World War I
• Object number: 2011.155.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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