Artwork Details
- Title
- Texas Cavalry Medal
- Artist
- Date
- 1925
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 1 1⁄8 x 1 1⁄8 in. (2.9 x 2.9 cm) hexagonal
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Gilda Slate
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bronze
- Keywords
- Allegory — place — Texas
- Object — foliage — laurel
- Emblem — seal
- Object — flower — bluebonnet
- Object Number
- 1966.110.15
Artwork Description
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 shows the state seal with the familiar Lone Star encircled by a wreath, while the reverse depicts the bluebonnet, the state flower of Texas, surrounded by the dates of service in 1918.