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Bronze U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School award medal with staff and serpent insignia in center
U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School Medal
Bronze U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School award medal with staff and serpent insignia in center
Bronze U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School award medal with staff and serpent insignia in center

U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School Medal

Object NameMedal Coin
Historic Owner
Association
Date1943
PeriodWorld War II
Mediummetal
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Kevin Power. 2021.37
Object number2021.37
DescriptionMedal; Bronze U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School medal awarded to Richard Burton Church. The coin has one side with a raised braided rope design around the exterior edge. In the center is a caduceus, an image often used as a medical symbol that depicts two serpents encircling a staff with outstretched wings at the top. Raised text around the center design reads “United States Navy // Hospital Corps. School // Great Lakes”. The opposite side also has a raised braided rope design around the exterior edge and a laurel wreath within. In the center of the wreath engraved text reads “Academic award // R.B. Church // Co. 43”.
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