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Religious medal designed for infantry.
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RELIGIOUS MEDAL DESIGNED FOR INFANTRY
FORT ORD, CALIF. -- THIS MEDAL OF ST. MAURICE,
PATRON OF INFANTRYMEN, WAS DESIGNED BY COL.
FRANKLIN R. SIBERT, COMMANDER OF THE 20TH
INFANTRY REGIMENT HERE. ONE SIDE SHOWS THE
SAINT IN THE CENTER WITH THE WORDS: "BEHOLD
ST. MAURICE-PATRON OF INFANTRY" (TOP). OTHER
SIDE DEPICTS CROSSED RIFLES WITH THE WORDS:
"INFANTRY-SOUL OF THE ARMY...IN GOD WE ENTRUST
OUR LIVES." THE DESIGN WAS APPROVED BY THE
MILITARY ORDINARIATE IN NEW YORK. COL. SIBERT
SAID ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO MANUFACTURE
THE MEDAL AND THE FIRST WOULD BE STRUCK WITHIN
SEVERAL MONTHS.
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