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Purple Heart medal awarded posthumously to Tuskegee Airman 2nd Lt. James McCullin
United States Army1944
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C., United States
A Purple Heart medal awarded posthumously to Tuskegee Airmen 2nd Lt. James McCullin. The medal features a gold heart with an image of George Washington on a ribbon. The ribbon is purple with white edges. Above the heart is the shield of George Washington's coat of arms; a white shield with two red bars and three red stars above, between branches of green leaves. The back of the medal has a raised relief heart with the words, [FOR / MILITARY / MERIT / JAMES L. / McCULLIN].
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- Title: Purple Heart medal awarded posthumously to Tuskegee Airman 2nd Lt. James McCullin
- Creator: United States Army
- Date Created: 1944
- Rights: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the McCullin Family, in memory of Second Lieutenant James L. McCullin
- External Link: https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.52.3ab
- Medium: gold and enamel on metal with silk (textile)
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