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The CAP's Distinguished Service Medal is the third highest decoration possible in the CAP and is awarded for conspicuous performance of outstanding service in a duty of great responsibility. This is usually awarded for completion of an extremely difficult duty of marked national significance. This design was decommissioned in 1982.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons Physical Description Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Distinguished Service Medal; white background, light blue rectangle with white propeller in center; flanked directly by a thin gold and thick blue bar from the inside outwards per side; this is followed by a white bar the same size as the blue, a red bar of the same dimensions, and a thin white bar from the inside outwards. Dimensions 3-D: 3.8 × 0.3 × 1.1cm (1 1/2 × 1/8 × 7/16 in.)
 Materials Natural Fabric (Likely Silk)
Plastic
 Inventory Number A19840097035 Credit Line Donated by Col. Louisa S. Morse (C.A.P.) Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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