Orders and Medals WORLD / United States of America

LotNo.: 1235

Estade of Lieutenant Albert C. Larned.
1.) Victory Medal of World War 1., battle clasps AISNE-MARNE and DEFENSIVE SECTOR, slot broach 2.) New York, World War Service Medal, marked 6284, slot broach 3.) City of Albany, New York, World War Service Medal, engraved LT. A.C.LARNED, slot broach 4.) City Bristol, Rhode Island, engraved CHAPLAIN A.C.LARNED with dog tag.

Larned was born on April 4th 1883 and entered service in 1917. During the war he served in France. After the war he went back into community service and was chaplain at the Boston State hospital and curator of the churche of Holly Michael in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Condition: II

Call: 100.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1236

Estade of Sergeant Stephens E. Milburn.
1.) Bronze Star, slot broach 2.) Purple Heart with Bronze Star document and further documents.

Sergeant Milburn was part of the A-Company of 47. Pioniers, 13. Pioniers-Bataillon. The Bronze Star was awarded for his merits in securing a bridge, supplies as exemplary service on the landing of troops. His Purple Heart was awarded for a wound, that he got during the occupation of the Aleuten Island Attu, in northern pazific.

Condition: II

Call: 150.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1237

Legion of Merit, Officers.
Brass gilded, partially enamelled, on ready to wear ribbon, device attached, wrap broach, engraved number 3989. Rare.
ST2 S. 142ff. 50 x 47 mm, 48,0 g m.B.

Condition: I-II

Call: 120.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1238

Soldiers Medal of Master Sergeant Reginald L. Jones.
Brass bronced, engraved REGINALD L. JONES, on ready to wear ribbon, slot broach with deed of award. Rare.
ST2 S. 159f. 39 x 35 mm, 33,6 g.

Master Sergeant Jones was member of the Marine Corps in Camp Smedley D. Butler on Okinawa stationed, when on May 4th 1961 an HU-1A helicopter burst into flames while landing. Without any equipment he decided, as two more comrades, without thinking, to help the suffering. Even though the permanent danger of exploding cerosin and amunition, it was possible to get all the comrades out of the wreck.

Condition: I

Call: 120.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1239

Golden Lifesaving Medal of the President, in box.
Gold, on hanger, reverse engraved: To / G. Bowring, / seaman of the / British steamship SILVIA / in recognition of his heroic / services in effecting the rescue / at sea, on October 16, 1913, / of the master his wife / and crew of the / American schooner / LOTTIE BEARD in redbrown box. With extensive research and images included.
Ø 36 mm, 40,5 g.

George Bowring was born in Poole, Dorset on 6 April 1875. Circa 1891 he entered the Royal Navy, serving as a Boy 2nd Class. He later served in the Merchant Navy and it was whilst serving on the S.S. Silvia, of Liverpool, in 1913 that his services in rescuing the crew of the Lottie Beard gained him the prestigious award of the U.S.A. Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal. The period press writes the following story: ‘Captain Lawry of the American schooner Lottie Beard, with his wife and crew were landed at Southampton yesterday by the steamer Sylvia (sic), which picked them up. Lawry’s story was that he was engaged in the coasting trade, and was bound from New Jersia (sic) to Maine when his vessel was overtaken by a storm. He ran for shelter to the Nantucket shoals and stayed there for 15 days, going on again when the wind dropped. But he had not proceeded far before another storm even worse than the first, started. The masts and fittings of the Lottie Beard were carried away, and ships and souls were in a desperate plight when the Sylivia, thinking that the schooner was deserted and a danger to shipping, went to have a look at her. Captain Lawry’s last act was to set fire to his own ship which was uninsured, and which represented his life’s savings.’ (Ref. Grey River Argus, 4 November 1913). For the rescue of the master, his wife and crew of the Lottie Beard, the Master of the Silvia, J. A. Prowse, was awarded a gold watch and chain with charm the Chief Officer, J. W. Jones, was awarded a pair of binoculars, and four members of the crew, including Seaman Bowring, were each awarded a Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal. Bowring continued to serve in the Merchant Navy during the Great War and was awarded the British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals. Having survived the war, he drowned when serving on the King Gruffydd, off Rosario, Argentine, on 17 September 1928.

Condition: I

Call: 2900.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1240

Purple Heart of Ray L McElhiney.
Brass, gilded, partially enamelled, engraved RAY L MCELHINEY, on ready to wear ribbon, slot broach.
ST2 S. 170ff. 48 x 36 mm, 39,0 g m.B.

Condition: I-II

Call: 50.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1241

Commemorative Medal on the Pazific Campaign, Flag-decoration for the Air Raid on Pearl Harbor.
Medal gilded, on ready to wear ribbon, on flag ribbon, embroidered: AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR 7 DEC 1941.
Ø 32 mm.

The awards on the unit flag are hard to find.

Condition: I-II

Call: 100.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1242

Commemorative Medal of the Pazific Campaign, flag decoration for the battle at the Coral Sea.
Medal gilded, on ready to wear ribbon, on flag ribbon, embroidered: BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA 7-8 MAY 1942.
Ø 32 mm.

The awards on the unit flag are hard to find.

Condition: I-II

Call: 100.00 Euro

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LotNo.: 1243

Commemorative Medal of the Pacific Campaign, flag decoration for the Battle of Midway.
Medal gilded, on ready to wear ribbon, on flag ribbon, embroidered BATTLE OF MIDWAY 4-7 JUNE 1942.
Ø 32 mm.

Awards to the units flag are very hard to find.

Condition: I-II

Call: 100.00 Euro