Wilson-Pershing Medals
Improvement Era, vol. 22, no. 1, November 1918, p. 12
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations
WILSON-PERSHING MEDALS French appreciation of two of our greatest Americans was sent to us in concrete form when Alan R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of Amer- ica, received two bronze medals, one of President Wilson and the other of General Pershing, from the French designer, J. P. Le Gastelois. On one side of the first is an excellent likeness of the President in bas relief, and on the reverse side is a design of an American eagle and the United States shield with the words, E Pluribus Unum. At the sides and bottom of this are the words, Liberty, Justice and Peace. On the other medal is a bas relief of General Pershing, the reverse side showing a delicate design of American soldiers marching to the front with the Stars and Stripes, with airplanes soaring above and a big cannon in action. Below are the words, For Honor and Liberty of Nations. The portraits were made from photographs fur- nished the artist by Mr. Hawley.