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whole description : MODEL
piece obverse design : General John Joseph Pershing, bust, full face slightly turned to right, in uniform
piece obverse text : "GENERAL PERSHING"
piece reverse design : soldiers, US infantry in wide-brimmed hats, advancing from right to left behind a standard bearer. In the left
background, gunners serve an artillery piece, in the sky biplane fighters
piece (reverse) exergue : ".FOR.HONOR..AND.LIBERTY..OF NATIONS." (three lines flanked by laurels)
Association - person: served in Cuba 1898, Philippines 1899-1903. As military attaché in Japan observed operations in
the Russo-Japanese War. Philippines 1913. Commanded the force which pursued Villa into Mexico 1916. Appointed Commander of the AEF April
1917. Chief of the Army Staff 1921-1924 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | John Joseph Western Front & Allied Offensives 1918 Pershing portrait / personification US.A & American Expeditionary Force & AEF commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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