United States. A Presidential Medal Of Merit "For Exhibition Purposes Only" GTRexclude The leather chin strap remains

The leather chin strap remains relatively supple but has been severed in two locations from active use

and the gilt 95% preserved on the reverse

where he and his mother

A tropical shirt eagle

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

United States. A Presidential Medal Of Merit "For Exhibition Purposes Only" GTRexclude The leather chin strap remainsInstituted 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