United States. A Presidential Medal Of Merit "For Exhibition Purposes Only" GTRexclude measuring 172 mm (w) x

measuring 172 mm (w) x 103 mm (h)

Annie Norton of Owen Sound

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and the gilt 95% preserved on the reverse

Berlin SW 61" on the back cover

United States. A Presidential Medal Of Merit "For Exhibition Purposes Only" GTRexclude measuring 172 mm (w) xInstituted in 1942. 1942 1952. In bronze gilt with blue, white and green enamels, engraved "FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES ONLY" on the reverse, measuring 38. 7 mm (w) x 60. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal for Merit was, during the period it was awarded, the highest civilian decoration of the United States, awarded by the President of the United States, to