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              <text>Silk rainbow ribbon. Gold medal with relief of Goddess Nike "Winged Victory" with sword and shield depicted on one side. On the other side relief of a shield and a fascine depicted; embossed text "The Great War for Civilization- France. Italy. Serbia. Japan. Montenegro. Russia. Greece. Great Britain. Belgium. Brazil. Portugal. Romania. China. with U.S. embossed on shield." The World War I Victory Medal is a service medal of the United States military that was created in 1919 and presented to members of US military services who served in World War I from April 6, 1917-November 11, 1918 with either of these two expeditions: American Expeditionary Forces in European Russia, between November 12, 1918 and August 5, 1919 or American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, between November 23, 1918 and April 1, 1920. The Victory Star Button was part of this service medal set. Lapel buttons were bronze and designed to be worn on civilian clothes. Personnel who were wounded in action received silver buttons.</text>
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