The c.~edal Collector~

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF

THE ORDERS AND MEDALS SOCIETY OF AMERICA

PRESIDENT Rolfe R. Holbrook, Coral Gables, Florida

VOL. 15 dULY 1962 NO.’/’

U.S. COAST GUARD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL U.S. COAST GUARD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

THE MEDAL 18 OFFICIALLY DESCRIBED AS A # GOLD DISCII~ WITH THE FOL-

LOWING EXPLANATION OF DESIGN:

REVERSE= THE U.S, COAST GUARD SEAL~ UNDERSCORED WITH RIBBON DESIGN,

~PREBUMABLY~ THIS BLANK RIBBON IS TO TAKE THE NAME OF ANY

RECIPIENT)

OBVERSE= A REPRESENTATION OF THE FIRBT U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER~ THE

~ABBACHUBETTBW~ UNDER FULL BAIL ON A MODERATE BEA. THE IN-

SCRIPTION ~ U,S. COAST GUARD " is AROUND ABOVE~ AND AROUND BELOW IS W’DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ".

THE NMABBACHUBETTBn~ BUILT IN 1791~ WAS THE FIRST U,S. COAST GUARD

CUTTER. AB THE FORERUNNER OF A LONG LINE OF VEBBELB WHICH RENDERED DIS-

TINGUISHED SERVICE TO UNITED STATE6 MARITIME HIBTORY~ IT IS CONSIDERED

A FITTING BYMBOL FOR USE ON THE COAST GUARDI8 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

MEDAL ¯

RIBBON= GROTTO BLUE IS THE CHIEF COLOR O F THE RIBBON~ FLANKED BY WHITE~

AND THEN BY IMPERIAL PURPLE. THE OFFICIAL DIMENSIONS ARE AS

FOLLOWS. THE EDGE AND BINDER ARE EACH 1/~2". PURPLE - ¼’, WHITE - 1/16", WHITE--I/16", PURPLES".

A LAPEL PIN 16 PROVIDED FOR CIVILIAN SUIT~ AND A SERVICE RIBBON

IS PROVIDED FOR UNIFORM WEAR. THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND OFFICIAL U.S.

COAST GUARD PHOTO WERE PROVIDED US THROUGH THE COURTEBEY AND EFFORTS

OF ROBERT E. ROOF~ OF ARLINGTON~ VIRGINIA.

THE HUBBARD MEDAL AWARDED TO JOHN H. GLENN~ JR, APRIL ~ 1962

THE ’ SOCIETYj WHICH WAS FOUNDED 74 YEARS AGO~

HAB SELECTED JOHN H, GLENN~ JR.~ AS THE 21ST RECIPIENT OF ITS HUBBARD

MEDAL FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH, THE INSCRIPTION ON THE OBVERSE

READS= n AWARDED TO ABTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN~ JRo~ LTo COL.~ USMC° FIRST

AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTHo..FoR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIEN-

TIFIC KNOWLEBGE OF THE WORLD AND BEYOND AS A PIONEER IN EXPLORING THE

OCEAN OF SPACE° v~ IN BAS--RELIEF ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LAND~ SEA~

AND BKY~ THE RACEB OF MAN~ AND THE ANIMALB THAT INHABIT THE EARTH AND

ITS OCEANS. THE REVERSE OF THE MEDAL IS THE SEAL OF THE SOCIETY.

THE HUBBARD MEDAL WAS PRESENTED TO COL. GLENN BY VICE PRESIDENT

JOHNSON IN CEREMONIES AT THE D=C, NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY AT ~S~ P,M° MONDAV, APriL’9; 1~2.

THIS MEDAL~ PERHAPS GEOGRAPHYIB HIGHEST DISTINCTION IN THE UNITED

STATES~ IS CONFERRED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL ~OClETYIB ~0ARD OF

TRUSTEES. IT IB NAMED tN HONOR OF ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIETY AND

ITS FIRST PRESlDENT~ ,

IT WAS FIRST STRUCK IN 1906 AND BESTOWED ON ROBERT E. PEARY FOR

HIS ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS, SINCE THEN~ THERE HAVE BEEN 21AWARDS~ AND SIX

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PREBENTATIONB.

OF SOLID GOLD~ THE MEDAL IS ~ INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHS 17½ OUNCES. IT WAS DESIGNED BY LAURA GARDIN FRASER~ ONE OF THE NATIONIB

NOTED SOULPTERS°

OTHER RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL HAVE BEEN SIR ERNEST H. SHACKLETON~

ADMIRAL RICHARD E, ~YRD~ COL, CHARLES A. LINDBERGH~ LINCOLN ELLSWORTHp

GENERAL HENRY H. ARNOLDs SIR JOHN HUNT~ SIR EDMUND HILLARY~ ROALD AMUND--

6EN~ ROBERT A. ~B, RTLETT~ GROVER KARL GILBERT~ VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON~ ROY

CHAPMAN ANDREWB~ ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH~ CAPTAINS ALBERT W. STEVENS AND

0RVIL A, ANDERBON~ ADMIRAL 00NALD B. MAC~ILLAN~ AND DR. PAUL SIPLE. AT THE TOP OR 12 OtCLOCK POSITION ON THE OBVERSE 18 AN EAGLEp REP-

RESENTING THE KINGDOM OF BIRD8~ BEFORE A SUN RISING FROM THE MOUNTAIN8

OF THE EARTH. NEAR THE MOUNTAINS ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE STARSp THE

PLANET8~ AND THE MOON,

CONTINUING CLOCKWISE~ THERE |8 A BAS RELIEF OF AN AMERICAN ~NDIAN;

THEN A BISON~A LLAMA~ AND A CAMEL. AT THE ~ OICLOCK’~POSIT~ON-’IS A PRO-

JECTION OF THE ~OUTH£RN HEMISPHERE AND BESIOE IT iS THE FIGURE OF WEST-

ERN ~AN~ ENGAGED IN THE AGRICULTURE THAT SUSTAINS HIM.

NEXT COMES THE FIGURES 0 F A LION~ AN ELEpHANT~ A SEA LIONp AND A

PRONGHORN ANTELOPE. AT THE BOTTOM OR 6 OlCLOCK POSITION OF THE MEDAL 18

THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE AND ABOVE IT A SHiP OF EXPLORATION ON A SEA WITH

LEAPING FISHES.

IMMEOIATELY TO THE LEFT OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE IS A KANGARO0~

THEN A CROCODILE~ A RHINOCER08 ANO A BEARo THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 18

AT THE 9 0ICLOBCK POSITION~ AS IS ASIATIC~V~N IN HIS RICE FIELD.

CONTINUING UPWARD IS A TIGER~ A G|RAFFE~ ANO A WAPITIJ AND COM-

PLETING THE CIRCLE 18 THE FIGURE OF AFRICAN MAN PREPARING FOR THE HUNTe