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 ASTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN~ JR, APRIL ~ 1962 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’ 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~ GARDINER GREENE HUBBARD, 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 .