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Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Distinguished Medal, lapel miniature, ribbon bar, and award card.

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Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Mariner's Medal, ribbon bar, and award card.

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Ca. 1944

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Ca. 1944

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Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation Ribbon bar and award card.

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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…

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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…

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Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Atlantic War Zone ribbon bar and award card.

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Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Mediterranean-Middle East War Zone ribbon bar and award card.

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Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Pacific War Zone ribbon bar and award card.

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Ca. 1946. Merchant Marine Victory Medal and ribbon bar. Award card is not a part of the display.

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Ca. 1944. Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal, ribbon, and award card.

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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.,…

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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…

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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…

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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…
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