Medal for Meritorious Service awarded to General Colin L. Powell

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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.

One (1) Medal for Meritorious Service awarded to General Colin L. Powell. The bronze medal is in the shape of a five-pointed star with beveled edges and has two smaller stars within the larger, defined by incised outlines. In front of the lower part of the star is an eagle with upraised wings standing on two upward curving branches of laurel and tied with a ribbon between the feet of the eagle. The reverse of the medal has a circular engraved inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" / "MERITORIOUS SERVICE". The medal is suspended from a double-sided crimson and white striped silk ribbon.

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