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Show MEDALS AWAIT SERVICE MEW Emblems for All Who Served In World War Ready for Distribution on Armistice Day. Nearly 5,000,000 Victory medal, turned out by a lengthy and involved process of manufacture, now ar awaiting former service .men. Thousands Thou-sands of these medals will be presented pre-sented to veterans on Armistice daj by posts of the American Legion, which have arranged elaborate ceremonies cere-monies in honor of the occasion. The medal was designed by James Earl Frazer. Phases never before met with in medal production were met with bj the contractors In the making of the decorations with their ribbons, battle clasps and bars, and to handle certain steps In the process of manufacture new machines were invented. One of these was a ribbon-cutting machine which turned out J)0 pieces a minute and In the course of a day did a quantity quan-tity of work equal to the labors of 15 people. A striking machine with a force ol 175 tons a blow was used. 'on; the medals after the disks had been annealed an-nealed following which there came th( application of a hydraulic pressure oi 120 pounds,. An automatic sand blasl and an alcohol bath also were utilized before putting the final toequer on the medal. - Not only Legionnaires but many other ex-service men ;wlll take part In the Armistice day celebrations In all sections of the country and will re celve their medals with formal observance ob-servance of their significance. |