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- Collection: AMMM Medal Collection, Second World War
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Medal, Merchant Marine, Distinguished Service Medal
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Distinguished Medal, lapel miniature, ribbon bar, and award card.
Display, Framed medals and insignia
Accessioned 2012. Ribbons and USNR badge are circa 1944, medal 1946, and cap badge 1970s. Manufacturer below is deduced from design of item.Top to bottom, left to right:USMS Cap Badge (manu: Vanguard/N.S. Meyer)USNR Badge (manu: Vanguard)Atlantic…
Medal, Soviet Union, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Murmansk Medal)
Ca. 1994. Soviet Union Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and award booklet. The medal was instituted in 1985, but awarded to United States Merchant Mariners in 1994. It was given to those living veterans who…
Medal, United States Maritime Service, Training Station, Sheepshead Bay, Small Boat Sailing Award
Ca. 1944. USMSTS Sheepshead Bay small boat handling/sailing award. Reverse has text, "Victory Crew."The training station regularly held small boat handling/sailing competitions. This medal is an award given to the best crew in one of the…
Ribbon, Gallant Ship Citation Bar & Mariner's Medal
Ca. 1944. Cadet-Midshipman Arthur R. Chamberlain, Jr. Gallant Ship Citation ribbon bar, and Merchant Marine Mariner's Medal and citation letter to Mrs. S. Chamberlain (mother)."Mariner's Medal given to Cadet Midshipman Arthur Richard Chamberlin, Jr.,…
Medal, Merchant Marine, Meritorious Service Medal
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal, ribbon, and award card.
Medal, Merchant Marine, Victory Medal
Ca. 1946. Merchant Marine Victory Medal and ribbon bar. Award card is not a part of the display.
Ribbon, Merchant Marine, Pacific War Zone Bar
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Pacific War Zone ribbon bar and award card.
Ribbon, Merchant Marine, Mediterranean-Middle East War Zone Bar
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Mediterranean-Middle East War Zone ribbon bar and award card.
Ribbon, Merchant Marine, Atlantic War Zone Bar
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Atlantic War Zone ribbon bar and award card.
Ribbon, Merchant Marine, Defense Bar
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Defense bar and award card. This ribbon award is an analog to the American Defense ribbon - and was awaded for service in the United States Merchant Marine from 1939 up until the formal entry of the United States into the…
Ribbon, Merchant Marine, Combat Bar
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Combat Bar and award card.
The physical ribbon has a single silver star - a star denoted the recipient of the award was aboard an attacked ship and was forced to abandon ship as a result; there was no upper limit for…
The physical ribbon has a single silver star - a star denoted the recipient of the award was aboard an attacked ship and was forced to abandon ship as a result; there was no upper limit for…
Ribbon, Merchant Marine, Gallant Ship Citation Bar
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation Ribbon bar and award card.
Medal, Merchant Marine, Mariner's Medal
Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Mariner's Medal, ribbon bar, and award card.