FDA-A.2604-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2604-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
St Mihiel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Medal with female figure guiding troops in the battlefield on obverse and a decorative relief featuring laurel branches, oak leaves, a shield and sculptued landscape scene on reverse
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 61mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
Inscription
Lettered on obverse, legend: 'St MIHIEL 1918'
Lettered on reverse: '12 & 13 Sept 1918 / The American Troops / operating victoriously / in the St Mihiel Secteur / broke the resistance / of the enemy and / captured / 13 300 prisioners / Les Troupes Americaines / operant victorieusement / dans le Secteur de / St Mihiel ont brise / la resistance ennemie / et fait / 13 300 prisonniers'
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, middle right: 'E. FRAISSE'
Lettered on reverse: '12 & 13 Sept 1918 / The American Troops / operating victoriously / in the St Mihiel Secteur / broke the resistance / of the enemy and / captured / 13 300 prisioners / Les Troupes Americaines / operant victorieusement / dans le Secteur de / St Mihiel ont brise / la resistance ennemie / et fait / 13 300 prisonniers'
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, middle right: 'E. FRAISSE'
Materials & techniques note
Bronze
Production
Person
Fraisse, Edouard, 1880 - 1945 (Medallist)
Date
1900s
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.1065-2020 (associated object)
