Description:
Cast bronze medal. On obverse, a group of soldiers are charging out of a trench with guns and bayonets, and on the proper left side: "FOR/HUMANITY/1918" and on the reverse are colonial era soldiers. Three stand in a row behind one in the foreground on horseback. On the proper left is a stone on which is inscribed: "LAKE/GEORGE/1755" and above the soldiers: "E. LIBERALITATE E WILLIAMS ARMICERI 1793" and below: THE WILLIAMS MEDAL" and around edge is engraved: "HENRY N. FLYNT 1ST LT." Given to Henry N. Flynt (1893-1970). The medal itself is cast in bronze, and was designed by James E. Fraser of New York. Fraser is also known as the designer of the Victory Medal given by the U.S. Congress to members of the American military, and the buffalo nickel. On the obverse, or front, of the medal is depicted a line of doughboys, or infantrymen in the U.S. Army, going over the top, the inscription "For Humanity, 1918" behind them. On the reverse, the College's legend, "E Liberalitate E. Williams Armigeri, 1793" [Through the generosity of E. Williams, soldier] and the text "The Williams medal" flank a representation of Colonel Ephraim Williams in continental uniform on horseback. The recipient's name and his rank at discharge were engraved on the medal's edge. The medal was awarded to those Williams College alumni and undergraduates who had served in the war, and was deemed a fitting and proper recognition of the "Williams Warriors" of World War I, the "dream sons" of Ephraim Williams, who himself was a soldier.
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