United States Victory Medal with bar 'AISNE' (1917-19)

United States Victory Medal (1917-19) with bar 'AISNE'. The obverse of the medal features a winged Victory holding a shield and sword on the front. The reverse has "The Great War For Civilization" in all capital letters curved along the top of the medal. Curved along the bottom of the back of the medal are six stars, three on either side of the centre column of seven staffs wrapped in a cord. The top of the staff has a round ball on top and is winged on the side. The staff is on top of a shield that says "U" on the left side of the staff and "S" on the right side of the staff. On left side of the staff it lists one World War I Allied country per line: France, Italy, Serbia, Japan, Montenegro, Russia, and Greece. On the right side of the staff the Allied country names read: Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, Rumania, and China. A heart shaped manufacturer's mark and the word 'BRONZE' are impressed on edge. It has a loose ring suspender and the standard watered rainbow ribbon.

The World War I Victory Medal is a service medal of the United States military which was first created in 1919, designed by James Earle Fraser. The medal was originally intended to be created due to an act of the United States Congress, however the bill authorizing the medal never passed, leaving the service departments to create the award through general orders. The United States Army published orders authorizing the World War I Victory Medal in April 1919 and the U.S. Navy followed in June of that same year.
Known until 1947 simply as the “Victory Medal”, the World War I Victory Medal was awarded to any member of the U.S. military who had served in the armed forces between the following dates in the following locations:
6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918 for any military service.
12 November 1918, to 5 August 1919 for service in European Russia
23 November 1918, to 1 April 1920 for service with the American Expeditionary Force Siberia