Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Congress commissioned the Texas Cavalry Service medal on April 16, 1924, to honor service on the Mexican border during the First World War. The Equipment Branch, Quartermaster General Department of the U.S. Army specified the acceptable imagery for the medal. This is one of two designs Anthony de Francisci created for the commission. The obverse depicts a horseman bearing a flag, while the reverse shows the Texas “Lone Star” accompanied by the dates of service in 1918.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Anthony de Francisci, born Palermo, Italy 1887-died New York City 1964
- Date
- 1925
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Gilda Slate
- Medium
- gold plated white metal
- Dimensions
- 2 in. (5.2 cm) hexagonal
- Type
- Sculpture-Medal
