July Military Auction
Lot 25130:
Description
This collection of United States Marine Corps (USMC) memorabilia includes an assortment of ribbon bars, insignia, and uniform components spanning from World War I through the Vietnam War. The ribbons are constructed of silk or synthetic fabric wrapped over metal or plastic frames and represent a wide array of awards, including personal decorations such as the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and Navy Commendation Medal. Service and campaign ribbons include the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, WWI Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal. International and unit awards present include the United Nations Service Medal (Korea), Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, and Navy Unit Commendation. Several ribbons feature campaign stars, V for valor devices, and silver E efficiency devices. The insignia consist of a pair of screw-back Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (EGA) collar devices and various buttons. One gilt button bears the WATERBURY BUTTON CO CONN hallmark on the reverse. Additional hardware includes various clutch-back and slide-on mounting racks and gold-toned unit citation frames. One silver-toned mounting component features the hallmark L-22, attributed to Lordship Industries.
Longest ribbon rack: 8.25 inches
Standard individual ribbon width: 1.375 inches
EGA device: 1 inch
Largest button: 1 inch. We do our best to describe all items in the sale, and we definitely take a ton of photos. But, we are not able to guarantee authenticity or era of items in the sale. Please carefully look at all photos (up to 100 in some cases on our in-house platform) to judge for yourself what you are buying. All sales are final. Our in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Wednesday, July 15, from Noon to 5 pm at our facility in Lancaster, OH. Alternate pickup day is available by appointment for a $5 fee per lot or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. If shipping – once packed up we will send you a separate invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: [email protected]. Sales tax collected on this auction. Our warehouse is in Lancaster, OH. If not shipping – pickup in 10 days or we will dispose and you will not receive a refund. AB346
Share this lot:
