Congressional Gold Medal honoring Navajo Code Talkers
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Artist/Maker
- U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Previous owner
- Colonel Raymond A. Celeste, Jr., Non-Indian
- Donor
- Colonel Raymond A. Celeste, Jr., Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Presented to Colonel Raymond A. Celeste, Jr. by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing in recognition for his service on the committee to that helped design the medal to honor Navajo Code Talkers; donated to NMAI in 2011 by Colonel Raymond A. Celeste, Jr., USMC, in honor of all those Marines who served as Navajo Code Talkers.
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- Date created
- 2001
- Catalog Number
- 26/8529
- Barcode
- 268529.000
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Title
- Congressional Gold Medal honoring Navajo Code Talkers
- Object Name
- Medal
- Media/Materials
- Bronze
- Techniques
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 7.8 cm
- Place
- Washington, DC; District of Columbia; USA
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Personal items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_400065
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64d9d5daf-0fde-4c52-930c-f4cb87ad5533
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