United States. An Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Newly Listed BEUTLER" in the foreground

BEUTLER" in the foreground

5 mm (w) x 16 mm (h) with a 46 mm-long needle

1935 - Gilt metal

The page as a whole measures 305 mm x 274 mm

paper pocket of issue

United States. An Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Newly Listed BEUTLER" in the foregroundIn bronze gilt with white enamels, circular blue glass centerpiece, measuring 54. 3 mm in diameter, intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal was created by an act of the United States Congress on July 6, 1960. The medal was intended as a new decoration of the United States Air Force, to replace the policy of awarding the Army Distinguished Service