[Sig" awarded medal by General Pershing]" – Vintage Print
![[Sig" awarded medal by General Pershing]", [between 1919 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/31/31e63729830d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Sig" awarded medal by General Pershing]"
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The title refers to a man called "Sig" receiving a medal from General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. The date range places the picture in the years after the armistice, when Pershing and his staff presented decorations to returning troops and when the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio, produced many such portraits for newspapers. The record also catalogs it as a montage, which suggests it may be a composite of separate images, so it is worth considering that before reading it as a record of a single ceremony.
| Created / published | [between 1919 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910-1930.Group portraits 1910-1930.Montages 1910-1930.Gelatin silver prints 1910-1930. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Pershing, John J. (John Joseph),--1860-1948--Military service. World War, 1914-1918. Military decorations--1910-1930. Medals--1910-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,053 × 5,120 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-199140 |
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