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76. SOVIET UNION – Lot of 3 World War 2 Commemorative Medals. 20 th Anniversary1945-1965; 30 th Anniversary 1945-1975; 40 th Anniversary 1945-1985. All on correctribbons on aluminum suspension devices.77. LOT OF 3 FOREIGN MEDALS: LATVIA – Tenth Anniversary of Independence Medal1918-1928, bronze, on incorrect ribbon; JAPAN – Red Cross Membership Medal, silver,on original ribbon with eye device but missing hook; BELGIUM - Medal for Korean WarService, on correct ribbon.78. GREAT BRITAIN – Medal and Book: Royal Lifesaving Society Bronze Medal, awarded to(engraved) “J. L. Hasson, Sept. 1920”: Book – “Locations of British Cavalry, Infantry andMachine Gun Units, 1914-1924” by Robert W. Gould. Card covers, published 1977,48pp.79. USA – Secretary of Defense Civilian Medal of Valor. With ribbon bar and lapel device.This medal only awarded 3 times from 2001-2012.80. USA – Lot of 4: Meritorious Service Medal; Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal,with ribbon bar and lapel pin; WW2 American Campaign Medal, with ribbon bar; WW2Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal, with ribbon bar.81. FINLAND – Home Front Commemorative Cross, 1939-1945. This award was fordistinguished service on the Home Front during both the Winter War of November1939 to March 1940 and again in the Continuation War from June 1941 to September1944 when Soviet Russia attempted to re-annex Finland.82. USA – Lot of 4: U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal on crimp brooch marked “LI-GI”;Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal, crimp brooch; WW2 American CampaignMedal (planchet only); Vietnam Service Medal.83. AFGHANISTAN – Military Long Service Medal. With blue enamel surrounding gold staron obverse for 15 years service.84. USA – Colonial Order of the Crown Membership Medal. (Bishop & Elliott 1) An olderbronze-gilt and enamel, uniface award. On original ribbon with safety-catch brooch.Founded in 1890, this society requires direct descent from the Emperor Charlemagneand currently has approximately 2,400 members.85. USA – Lot of 5 +: U.S. Navy China Service Medal, crimp brooch; Naval ReserveMeritorious Service Medal, crimp brooch; National Defense Service Medal; KuwaitLiberation Medal in Graco Industries box of issue dated 5/97; Disabled AmericanVeterans of World War Delegate Badge – Ladies Auxiliary Department, Rhode IslandAnnual Convention 1938. Note with medal says it is related to WW1 veteran Frank A.Grabert; plus 2 ribbon bars.86. USA – Purple Heart. World War 2 posthumous award with distinctive official handengraving to “JAMES T. WARE.” On original ribbon with slot brooch. Research identified therecipient as a PFC with the 311th Infantry Regiment, 78 th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Ware was born 15 Dec 1925 atAbbeville, Georgia. He was killed in action on 30 January 1945 at Kesternich, Germany. Initially buried 3 Feb 1945 in theU.S. Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland, he was disinterred at the request of his mother and returned to Abbeville,Georgia for reburial. The 311th Infantry Regiment had been attached to the 8th Armored Division in the Hurtgen Foreston 10 December 1944. On the 13th the regiment smashed into Simmerath, Witzerath, and Bickerath and was fighting forKesternich when Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt launched his counteroffensive in the Monschau area on 18December. The 78th Division held the area it had taken from the Siegfried Line against the violent German attacksthroughout the winter. On the day that Ware was killed the Division attacked and took Kesternich. With copy IndividualDeceased Personnel File.87. GREAT BRITAIN – Case of issue for the Empress of India Medal by C. C. Adams, London.88. GREAT BRITAIN – Case of issue for a K.C.V.O. (Knight Commander of the RoyalVictorian Order) by Collingwood & Co., London.89. GREAT BRITAIN – Case of issue for a C.M.G. (Commander of the Order of St. Michaeland St. George). Unmarked satin interior appears to be a replacement.90. GREAT BRITAIN – Case of issue for the Empress of India Medal by C. C. Adams, London.91. SOVIET UNION – World War 2 Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus. On early brasssuspension.
92. USA – Department of Defense Superior Service Medal. On original ribbon and crimpbrooch.93. NETHERLANDS – Cross for Justice and Freedom, with bar “KOREA 1950.” Ondistinctive Dutch ribbon mount by Konlink Luke Begeer, Voorkhoten.94. IMPERIAL GERMANY – Baden: 1902 Jubilee Medal. Bronze medal for the 50thanniversary of the ascension of Grand Duke Friedrich I von Baden.95. GREAT BRITAIN – Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V, 1 st Type.Officially impressed to “K.22548 E. DONOVAN, STO. 1 H.M.S. TIGER.” H.M.S. Tiger was abattle cruiser launched in 1913. Participated in the Battle of Dogger Bank and the Battleof Jutland in 1916, where she was only lightly damaged despite suffering many hits byGerman shells. Apart from providing distant cover during the Second Battle ofHeligoland Bight in 1917, she spent the rest of the war on uneventful patrols in theNorth Sea. The ship was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1932.96. IMPERIAL GERMANY – Hannover. Campaign Medal for the Battle of Langensalza, 27June 1866. Officially impressed to “J. VOLHERS III.” The Battle of Langensalza took placeduring the German war of 1866 when Hanover, along with Baden, Bavaria, Saxony andother states, fought with Austria against Prussia. The Hanoverian army achieved a raredefeat of Prussian forces but, unable to join with the Bavarian army to the south, werethen surrounded by numerically superior Prussian forces and obliged to surrender.After the war, against the wishes of its people, the kingdom was annexed by Prussia andits king sent into exile. The medal is thus the last award issued by the kingdom.97. GREAT BRITAIN – Imperial Service Medal, George V coinage head. Officially named to“ALFRED GARMONSWAY.” On original ribbon on pin brooch and in case of issue.With copy London Gazette notification from 14 December 1923 indicating thatGarmonsway was a Sorter in the London Postal Service.98. NETHERLANDS – New Guinea Commemoration Cross with bar “1962.” Awarded tomilitary personnel who served in the conflict of New Guinea in the period 1961-1962.The medal was awarded to military personnel serving for at least 3 months in theconfrontation with Indonesia. The clasp “1962” indicates that the recipient wasinvolved in actual combat in 1962. On distinctive Dutch ribbon mount by v. Wielik inthe Haag.99. USA – Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York Bronze Lifesaving Medal(planchet only) engraved naming to “WILLIAM H. McKENNA” for saving human life inperil. Marked Tiffany & Co.100. GREAT BRITAIN – Royal Lifesaving Society Reward of Merit. Silver medal on blueribbon named to “S. T. SMITH – 1935.” In damaged box by J. A. Wylie & Co., London.101. Book – “Hawaiian Royal Orders" by Gordon Medcalf. Privately published in 1962.102. USA - Defense Intelligence Agency Civilian Combat Support Medal.103. ALASKA – Lot of 2. Air National Guard Commendation Medal, silvered and enamel.National Guard Service Medal.104. WASHINGTON – Lot of 2: Army National Guard Meritorious Service Medal. AirNational Guard Commendation Medal.105. Lot of 2: ARKANSAS - Exceptional Service Medal, silvered and enamel. MISSISSIPPI -National Guard Service School Medal.106. Lot of 2: NEW YORK - Medal for Service in Aid to Civil Authorities. VERMONT - Medalfor Merit.107. CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. Military Merit Cross, with palm and gold stardevices and bar “Congo”.108. Lot of 2 Books – “State Medals for War Service.” Revised edition by Douglas W. Boyce,and “Military & Naval Decorations of the United States” by Charles P. McDowell.109. Lot of 2 Books – “Angles in Blue Jackets - The (Royal) Navy at Messina 1908” by J. W.Wilson & Roger Perkins, and “Medal Yearbook 2012” by Token Publishing.
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