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Fourragère

Object number2015.42.42 a,b

Date1972

MediumFabric/Metal/Paper/Ink

Credit LineGift of Susan Muir

DescriptionBelgian Fourragère with award document. Fourragère is braided red fabric cord with green accents. One end has tapered brass fitting. Fabric loop on other end. Award document issued by the Department of the Army, DA Form 1577, Number 054999. Document has recipient information and list of code numbers for awards with the specific award notated. Signed in bottom right corner by the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army.Dimensions(a) Width 0.625, Length 39.5, Depth 0.625;
(b) Height 10.5, Width 8.
Inscriptions(b)
Name of recipient and recipient's service number in the top left corner "Torisky, Martin G. / 33 400 922".
Document has list of code numbers for awards with the specific award notated "47 BELGIAN FOURRAGERE".
Signed in bottom right corner by the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army "Norman L. Davis, Jr.".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of WWII-related artifacts from the military service of Gabe Torisky of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who served with the 99th “Checkerboard” Infantry Division during the Ardennes campaign in Belgium. Martin Gabriel "Gabe" Torisky was of Slovak ancestry and was born on November 11, 1911, in Uniontown, PA. He moved to Pittsburgh in the 1920s and was drafted and sent to 99th Division during World War II. The 99th Division is especially important in relation to Pittsburgh, as the Division was originally headquartered in the city in 1942, and the unit insignia, a black shield with a checkerboard band of nine alternating white and blue squares (for “99”) was derived from the coat of arms for William Pitt and thus, also the city seal of Pittsburgh, on which the checkerboard also appears. Donor Susan Muir is Gabe Torisky's daughter.

Previous owner Martin Gabriel Torisky (born 1911)

Related institution United States Army

Related institution 99th Infantry Division

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