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Show MEDALS AWAIT SERVICE MEN Emblems for All Who Served in World War Ready for Distribution on Armistice Day. j Nearly 5,000,000 Victory medals, turned out by a lengthy and involved I process of manufacture, now ara 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 by 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 wliich turned out 00 pieces a minute and In the course of a day did a quantity quan-tity of work equal to the labors of 1? people. A striking machine with a force of 175 tons a blow was used on the medals after the disks had been annealed an-nealed following which there came the application of a hydraulic pressure of 120 pounds. An automatic sand blast and an alcohol bath also were utilized before putting the final Hcquer on tlie medal. Not only Legionnaires but many other ex-service men will take part in the Armistice day celebrations in all sections of the country and will receive re-ceive their medals with formal observance ob-servance of their significance. |
