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whole description : MODEL
piece whole: rectangle
piece obverse design : Columbia and Marianne, personifying the United States and France respectively, full-length figures, their heads
turned to face each other. Both women wear classical dress, Columbia's head is adorned with a diadem decorated with stars, Marianne wears a
Phrygian cap. Between the two figures is a large sword, hilt uppermost. Columbia's left hand and Marianne's right hand rest upon its
crossguard, the blade's point being grounded within an upturned German pickelhaube. Above the figures are the embossed letters "US" and
"RF" separated by laurel and surrounded by rays
piece obverse text : ".ALLIED.FOR.LIBERTY." (in narrow rectangular panel at base of design)
piece reverse design : equestrian statue of King Louis IX of France, St Louis. The plinth is embossed
".ST.LOUIS.TO.THE.FRONT."
piece exergue (design and text) : the insignia of the 35th Division, a cross within a circle enclosed by broken circle, resting on
oakleaves and laurel above a narrow uninscribed rectangular panel. Above and either side of the insignia text - ".35TH.DIVISION .1918.
.FRANCE. .FROM.A.GRATEFUL. .CITY." and ".TO.HER.GALLANT..SONS."
in very small characters with triangular mark
Association - unit: the formation of the 35th Division was authorised 5 August 1917, on which date, formally, the
National Guards of Missouri and Kansas were merged. Carter, see Documentation, writes 'it is a matter of record that the 35th was largely a
Missouri-Kansas unit.' The reverse design of the piece makes a play on the St Louis origins of many of the men, eg 128th Field Artillery
and 138th Infantry | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | US.A & American Expeditionary Force & AEF & 35th Division Western Front & Allied Offensives 1918 & 5/1918 = 11/1918 commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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