Sculpture of Captain Lance Peter Sijan
Item Number: 111
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: $300
Online Close: Sep 22, 2014 9:00 PM CDT
Bid History: 0 bids
Description
Sculpture titled: Captain Lance Sijan, USAF, POW, MOH
Open edition signed by sculptor
Media: Resin casting coated with bronze, walnut base, brass plaque
Size: 4” x 3” x10.25” high
Sculptor: Jenelle Armstrong Byrd
Producer: Mark Austin Byrd - Sculptors
Retail Value: $300.00
Bronze Option: Winner may purchase sculpture in bronze rather then resin with bronze coating for additional fee of $150
Information on Lance Peter Sijan
1942-1967
Captain U.S. Air Force
Sijan earned the MOH for his heroic actions a POW in N. Vietnam. His incredible resistance to capture, interrogation, and torture inspired his fellow POWs giving them strength to endure their ordeals. He lived and died by the US Military Code of Conduct never forgetting that he was an American, fighting for freedom. He is a legend in the Air Force.
Lance Sijan, a USAF fighter pilot died as a POW in the Vietnam War. His fellow POWS recommended him for the MOH because of the way he lived buy the Military Code of Conduct and because of the things they learned from his North Vietnamese captors about how Sijan evaded capture. Lance Sijan is the only graduate of the USAF Academy to have earned the MOH. A life size sculpture of Sijan was created by Sculptor Mark Austin Byrd and Jenelle Armstrong Byrd and installed in tube “Mall of Heroes” at the Adademy. This small sculpture was created as a study for that sculpture.
Pictures of the completed full size sculpture are included for reference. The full sculpture is not the auction piece. The auction piece is the bust only. This image is the primary image on the auction piece. Please email me with questions.
Sculpture comes with a certificate of authenticity.
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