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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
France
MEMORABILIA-World War I
Rear Admiral Edwin C. Parsons, 1892 - 1968
Gold statuette of St. Rita with brass storage box.
3-D (box): 2.7 × 1.3 × 0.8cm (1 1/16 × 1/2 × 5/16 in.)3-D (statue): 2.7 × 1 × 0.5cm (1 1/16 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.)
Copper AlloyNon-Magnetic Metal AlloyPossible Gold Plating
A19772588000
Donated by Mrs. Edwin C. Parsons
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