id: 105245 accession number: 1923.424 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.424 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:54.088000 Pershing Medal, 1900s. Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet (French, 1869–1960). Bronze; diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock 1923.424 title: Pershing Medal title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1900s creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1999 current location: creditline: Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock copyright: --- culture: France, 20th century technique: bronze department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet (French, 1869–1960) - artist --- measurements: Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: reverse - General Pershing's words at the Front, 28 March 1918: "There is at this time no other question than that of fighting. Infantry, Artillery, Aviation - all that we have are yours to dispose of as you will. I have come to say that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES