--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 22 number: 1 published: 1918-11 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, \"Wilson-Pershing Medals,\" *Improvement Era* 22, no. 1 (November 1918): 12." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2201unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2201unse start_page: 12 end_page: 12 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2201unse publication_year: 1918 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Wilson-Pershing Medals 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.