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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3518392, member: 101855"]<b>The World War II Victory Medal </b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934214[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This medal was authorized by an act of Congress in July 1945. It should be noted that the Germans had been defeated at this point, but the war with Japan was continuing. It was awarded to any member of the United States military, including the Government of the Philippine Islands, which was a U.S. territory at that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse features Nike, the Greek the goddess of victory, holding the two parts of a broken sword in her hands. Her right foot rests upon the helmet of Mars, the god of war, and a rising sun appears in the background symbolizing the dawn of peace.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse design is surrounded by the legend, "United • States • of • America • 1941 • 1945 •." The center of the design recalls the "Four Freedoms," which President Franklin Roosevelt define in his 1941 State of the Union Address before the U.S. became involved in the Second World War. Roosevelt defined the freedom of speech and religion and the freedom from want and fear as four basic freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" should enjoy. A laurel, symbolic of victory, appears at the center of the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although military medals have not traditionally held a major place in the cabinets of numismatic collectors, they nevertheless represent an important and interesting part of our national heritage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3518392, member: 101855"][B]The World War II Victory Medal [/B] [ATTACH=full]934212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934214[/ATTACH] This medal was authorized by an act of Congress in July 1945. It should be noted that the Germans had been defeated at this point, but the war with Japan was continuing. It was awarded to any member of the United States military, including the Government of the Philippine Islands, which was a U.S. territory at that time. The obverse features Nike, the Greek the goddess of victory, holding the two parts of a broken sword in her hands. Her right foot rests upon the helmet of Mars, the god of war, and a rising sun appears in the background symbolizing the dawn of peace. The reverse design is surrounded by the legend, "United • States • of • America • 1941 • 1945 •." The center of the design recalls the "Four Freedoms," which President Franklin Roosevelt define in his 1941 State of the Union Address before the U.S. became involved in the Second World War. Roosevelt defined the freedom of speech and religion and the freedom from want and fear as four basic freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" should enjoy. A laurel, symbolic of victory, appears at the center of the design. Although military medals have not traditionally held a major place in the cabinets of numismatic collectors, they nevertheless represent an important and interesting part of our national heritage.[/QUOTE]
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