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Augustus Butler Rowland, Aviation Chief Machinists Mate, decorated for heroism by Pres. Coolidge

Augustus Butler Rowland, Aviation Chief Machinists Mate, decorated for...

President Calvin Coolidge afixing a medal on Augustus Butler Rowland, who holds the hand of a small boy. In album: Calvin Coolidge, Second Administration, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 4, ... More

[ UNICEF Medal] - Public domain photogrpaph

[ UNICEF Medal] - Public domain photogrpaph

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

Chief Red Shirt - Public domain portrait print

Chief Red Shirt - Public domain portrait print

Ogilasa, also known as Red Shirt (Lakota), half-length portrait, facing right, wearing native dress, a President Grant peace medal, and holding tomahawk. (Source: Wild west shows and the images of American Indi... More

Reminiscences - Public domain photogrpaph

Reminiscences - Public domain photogrpaph

Photograph shows an old Grand Army of Republic veteran sitting outside wearing his uniform with medals and holding a gun; sword and cap by his side. Copyright 1913 by Clarence A. Purchase, Jamaica, N. Y. No. 1390.

Dr. Martin Luther King showing his medallion received from Mayor Wagner / World Telegram & Sun photo by Phil Stanziola.

Dr. Martin Luther King showing his medallion received from Mayor Wagne...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Georgievskie kavalery i nagrazhdennye zolotym oruzhiem. Za vziatie g: Tashkenda. 18-go Iiunia, 1865 g. Podp. Artillery. N. A. Ivanov

Georgievskie kavalery i nagrazhdennye zolotym oruzhiem. Za vziatie g: ...

Photograph is misidentified. Due to the medals and uniform, the man depicted is probably an officer. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 23.

[Casablanca conference at Casablanca, Morocco, President Roosevelt with Major General George S. Patton, Jr., affixing the Congressional Medal of Honor upon Brig. General William H. Wilbur in the presence of General George C. Marshall]

[Casablanca conference at Casablanca, Morocco, President Roosevelt wit...

Photoprint from U.S. Army Signal Corps. No. 152323. Public domain photograph related to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Buckskin Charlie, Ute, half-length portrait, facing front, with medal around neck]

[Buckskin Charlie, Ute, half-length portrait, facing front, with medal...

64923 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Rose and Hopkins, Denver, Colorado.

Edward S. Curtis - Jicarilla girl in feast dress

Edward S. Curtis - Jicarilla girl in feast dress

Jicarilla Apache girl, half-length portrait, wearing dress with buckskin cape, several necklaces, medallions; her hair is tied on each side of her head with large knot of yarn. H55649 U.S. Copyright Office. Cu... More

New York City - Medal of the School Nature League

New York City - Medal of the School Nature League

Photo shows front and back of medal, with cherubs gardening and name Alphée DuBois on one side and the initials S.N.L. on the other. On slide (handwritten): "New York City-Medal of the School Nature League" and... More

[Ehrich Weiss, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing track team medals, in New York]

[Ehrich Weiss, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing t...

Not yet Houdini, Ehrich Weiss is shown exhibiting his competitive spirit and wearing medals he won as a member of the Pastime Athletic Club track team in New York. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magici... More

[Unidentified African American soldier, 9th cavalry, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform with marksman badge and sharpshooters medal, and kepi with crossed sabers]

[Unidentified African American soldier, 9th cavalry, full-length portr...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption from Gladstone collection checklist. Date from checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M103. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.305).... More

Naiche--Hereditary chief--Chiricahua Apaches, portrait of american indian man

Naiche--Hereditary chief--Chiricahua Apaches, portrait of american ind...

Naiche, Chiricahua Apache chief, half-length portrait, facing left, dressed in a military uniform decorated with medals. 59173 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by F.A. Rinehart. No. 886.

12 year old girl wins Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Miss Kathryn Van Horn of White City, Ohio, leaving the White House just after President Roosevelt had presented her with the medal and the certificate for her brave act of saving two boys. Photo shows Miss Van Horn building the certificate and the Medal is pinned on her dress

12 year old girl wins Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Phot...

A young girl holding up a plaque in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Medal from the Canadian National Exposition, August 20 - September 8, 1958]

[ Medal from the Canadian National Exposition, August 20 - September 8...

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za dielo pod Ikanom 5-7-go Dekabria 1864 g. Kirgiz Dzhar Mogomed [sic]

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Photograph shows a Kirgiz man, half-length portrait, wearing the Cross of St. George and another Russian military medal. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 25.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO ATLANTAN. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 7. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PRESENTED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO CAPT. SAMUEL I. PARKER, OF THE INFANTRY RESERVE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE MEDAL WAS PRESENTED FOR 'EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION' DURING THE WORLD WAR. MEMBERS OF CAPT. PARKER'S FAMILY AND MAJ. GEN. MALIN H.CRAIG, U.S. CHIEF OF STAFF, WITNESSED THE PRESENTATION. IN THE PHOTO L TO R: MRS. SAMUEL I. PARKER, MISS PARKER, DAUGHTER; CAPT.SAMUEL I. PARKER; SAM PARKER, JR.; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; JUDGE PARKER, A BROTHER; REP. MALCOM TARVER OF GEORGIA; AND MAJ. GEN. MALIN H. CRAIG

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO ATLANTAN....

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Medal of honor men Have received medals of honor in United States Army and Navy.

Medal of honor men Have received medals of honor in United States Army...

Portraits of 15 African American soldiers and sailors who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Sergeant John Denny, Co. B, 9th U.S. Cav... More

[ UNICEF Medal] - coin, public domain photograph

[ UNICEF Medal] - coin, public domain photograph

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

[Private Charles F. Sherman of 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery, with inset photo of unidentified woman and Grand Army of the Republic medal in case]

[Private Charles F. Sherman of 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Batte...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosSherman.html

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with medal]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with medal]

Case: Berg, no. 3-406. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[The  Parent's Magazine Medal - The Five Pennies]

[The Parent's Magazine Medal - The Five Pennies]

Bottom of medal: Awarded to The Five Pennies - The Movie-of-the-Month for family audiences March 1955.

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony seated with assistant Elaine Steele (left); President Bill Clinton, Representatives Dennis Hastert, Dick Gephardt and others stand behind them]

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony seated with assis...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1999-313 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1999-313, frame 24. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with assistant Elaine Steele (left) and civil rights leader Johnnie Carr (right) standing at podium; Representative Julia Carson, President Clinton, Senator Tom Daschle, Representative Dennis Hastert and others stand next to her]

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with assistant El...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1999-317 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1999-317, frame 15. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

Chief Wolf Robe - Public domain portrait drawing

Chief Wolf Robe - Public domain portrait drawing

Photo shows Wolf Robe (1838-1841 to 1910), the Southern Cheyenne chief sometimes believed to be the man whose profile was used on the Indian-head nickel. Here he is wearing a round silver Benjamin Harrison peac... More

[Theodore Roosevelt walking in top hat, tails, and medal; with men, carriage, and horses in background]

[Theodore Roosevelt walking in top hat, tails, and medal; with men, ca...

J142490 Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic medal, Grand Army of the Republic Post #9 pin, and 6th Corps badge]

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republi...

Photograph shows portrait of Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. Purchased from: Scott Felix, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More

Palestine, Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarch

Palestine, Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarch

Photo shows the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Harootiun Vehabedian, seated, facing front, wearing hooded vestment, adorned with crosses and other medals on his chest, holding a strand of beads. On Mount: No... More

[John Philip Sousa, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing band uniform with medals]

[John Philip Sousa, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing ...

D21231 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E. Chickering. No. 9. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An American Ranger salutes the Briton who decorated him ; Photo, taken in French Morocco in the presence of President Roosevelt, shows Sergeant Franklin M. Koons bearing on his breast the King George Medal just presented to him by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations.

An American Ranger salutes the Briton who decorated him ; Photo, taken...

Photograph shows U.S. Army Ranger Sergeant Franklin M. Koons saluting after receiving the King George Medal for gallantry during the allied commando raid on Dieppe, France.

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic medal]

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republi...

Photograph shows portrait of Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. Purchased from: Scott Felix, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with (left to right) Representative Julia Carson, holding a picture of the medal; assistant Elaine Steele, Representative Dennis Hastert, artist Artis Lane, who designed the medal; and President Bill Clinton]

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with (left to rig...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1999-314 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1999-314, frame 32. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

[Medal of honor awarded to Private Wilbur F. Moore of Co. C, 117th Illinois Infantry Regiment]

[Medal of honor awarded to Private Wilbur F. Moore of Co. C, 117th Ill...

Inscription on mat: "Medal from Congress given 22 February 1865, Pvt. Wilbur F. Moore, Co. C 117th Ill. Vol. Inf. Gallantry in action at Nashville, 16 December 1864. Captured the flag of a rebel battery while f... More

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Chart with hand-lettered heading and typescript descriptions of African Americans who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Sergeant Ema... More

Medal of honor men Have received medals of honor in United States Army and Navy.

Medal of honor men Have received medals of honor in United States Army...

Portraits of 15 African American soldiers and sailors who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Sergeant John Denny, Co. B, 9th U.S. Cav... More

Edward S. Curtis - Yuls-Huls-Walking

Edward S. Curtis - Yuls-Huls-Walking

Yuls-Huls-Walking, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing several necklaces and a Christian medallion. H87091 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1856-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library... More

With members of the cabinet congratulating congressional medal of honor men of the navy

With members of the cabinet congratulating congressional medal of hono...

President Harding standing outside entrance to White House with Cabinet members and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the Navy. In album: Warren G. Harding, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company... More

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with (left to right) Representative Dick Gephardt, assistant Elaine Steele, Representative Dennis Hastert, and President Bill Clinton]

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with (left to rig...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1999-314 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1999-314, frame 24. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

[Medal of honor awarded to Private Wilbur F. Moore of Co. C, 117th Illinois Infantry Regiment]

[Medal of honor awarded to Private Wilbur F. Moore of Co. C, 117th Ill...

Inscription on mat: "Medal from Congress given 22 February 1865, Pvt. Wilbur F. Moore, Co. C 117th Ill. Vol. Inf. Gallantry in action at Nashville, 16 December 1864. Captured the flag of a rebel battery while f... More

Annie Oakley - famous rifle shot and holder of the Police Gazette championship medal

Annie Oakley - famous rifle shot and holder of the Police Gazette cham...

Portrait photograph of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding rifle, with many medals pinned across the top of her dress. 46279 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1899 (... More

Senator McCarran ignores salary increase. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Senator Pat McCarran designs a series of conferences with the representatives of organizations of government workers and officials of the Labor Dept. Preparatory to drafting a bill for the salary increases for government employees. photo shows, left to right, W.C. Hushing, National Legislative Representative of the A.F. of L.; Senator Pat McCaran; John P. Frey, President of the Medal Trades Union, of the American Federation of Labor

Senator McCarran ignores salary increase. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Se...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Chart with hand-lettered heading and typescript descriptions of African Americans who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Sergeant Joh... More

[The  Parent's Magazine Medal - Assignment: Children]

[The Parent's Magazine Medal - Assignment: Children]

Bottom of medal: Awarded to Assignment Children - The Movie-of-the-Month for family audiences March 1955. (General)

Receives Pershing medal. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Outstanding trainees of the Citizens' Military training camps of 1938 arrived in Washington today to receive the General John J. Pershing Medal for distinguished attainment in Military Education. Chief of Staff Malin Craig is pictured pinning one of the medals on Harry R. Gillett of St. Joseph, Mo., General Craig's home town, 2-16-39

Receives Pershing medal. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Outstanding traine...

A black and white photo of two men in suits, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gen... More

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Chart with hand-lettered heading and typescript descriptions of African Americans who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Landsman Aar... More

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Official records, United States Army and Navy Medal of Honor men.

Chart with hand-lettered heading and typescript descriptions of African Americans who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Sergeant Bre... More

[Disabled veteran(?), standing with two canes, Vienna, Austria, with two medals pinned to chest]
Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za vziatie Ak-Mecheti (forta perovskii) 22 Iiunia 1853 g. Kirgiz Safarov

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Photograph shows a Kirgiz man, half-length portrait, wearing the Cross of St. George and another Russian military medal. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 25.

GAUGOT, JULIEN. CAPT., U.S.A., RECEIVING MEDAL OF HONOR FROM PRESIDENT TAFT. MEDALS, ETC

GAUGOT, JULIEN. CAPT., U.S.A., RECEIVING MEDAL OF HONOR FROM PRESIDENT...

A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives in sa... More

Nurse Nominated for Nightingale Medal, Martha M. Russell. Medal was awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross at Geneva

Nurse Nominated for Nightingale Medal, Martha M. Russell. Medal was aw...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Campbell Studios, 5th Ave. N.Y. Group title: Personnel (R) Used in: All Div.... More

12 year old girl wins Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Miss Kathryn Van Horn of White City, Ohio, leaving the White House just after President Roosevelt had presented her with the medal and the certificate for her brave act of saving two boys. Photo shows Miss Van Horn building the certificate and the Medal is pinned on her dress

12 year old girl wins Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Phot...

A young girl holding up a plaque in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Harris and Ewing photo. Date (year) b... More

[Patriarch Harootiun Vehabedian of the Armenian church wearing hood, robe and five medals, half-length portrait, facing right]

[Patriarch Harootiun Vehabedian of the Armenian church wearing hood, r...

Photoprint by Sebah & Joaillier. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Medal of honor men Have received medals of honor in United States Army and Navy.

Medal of honor men Have received medals of honor in United States Army...

Portraits of 15 African American soldiers and sailors who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Sergeant John Denny, Co. B, 9th U.S. Cav... More