World War II Victory Medal owned by Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

World War II Victory Medal and ribbon bar owned by Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps. The World War II Victory Medal (2022.42.72.2a) is bronze and is suspended from a red ribbon with multicolored stripes along the sides. It has a clasped back. An identically colored ribbon bar with a clasped back (2022.42.7.2b) accompanies the medal. The face of the medal features an embossed design of the figure of Liberation holding the hilt of a broken sword in one hand and the broken blade in the other. Text embossed on the back of the medal reads “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1941-1945,” and “FREEDOM / FROM FEAR AND WANT / FREEDOM OF SPEECH / AND RELIGION.”

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