buzzbomb Posted July 11, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2015 I would like to start a thread for you guys and girls to show everyone ( especially me ) your rarest or most treasured medal or medals that you posses. I am only young and just began but i would like to see all the most desirable loved medals out there. ( USA medals of course ) Please share and elaborate Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted July 11, 2015 Share #2 Posted July 11, 2015 does this include medals/ribbons that are sentimental or have a cool connection somewhere or just those we love for being rare medals themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbomb Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted July 11, 2015 Definitely, if they are sentimental please share and explain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45govt Posted July 12, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 12, 2015 Hello Buzzbomb I will start with probably the rarest medal and ribbon that I have, maybe not what your interested in based on your avatar, but... First a ribbon made up by Capt. Henry Freeman for the Dept Of Dakota Marksman team in 1881 there was 12 on the team so probably only 12 of these were made. I have attached a photo of Lt. Partello wearing his ribbon and a clipping from an Army Navy Journal Nov. 5th 1881 that mentions the ribbons And my Distinguished Marksman badge which appears to be from the first group of 87 badges made by Jens Petersen for the Army in 1887 And one more, a stadia that was awarded as a prize to the best shooter of the regiment I will do some others later on Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbomb Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted July 12, 2015 Wow they are cool, and in excellent condition! Great stuff mate. Tidy bit of history you have got there! Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suwanneetrader Posted July 12, 2015 Share #6 Posted July 12, 2015 I believe OK to post this as in 1795 our Government/Army was trying to keep peace with the Indians so these Peace Medals were given out at Greenville in1795 at the Peace Treaty Meeting. As it is silver it has turned dark and therefore is a poor photo. I've had it for approx 40 years. Thought some might like to see it. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emccomas Posted July 12, 2015 Share #7 Posted July 12, 2015 OK, I have a coupe that really peg the rare meter.. 1st is a Black Widow version of the Navy Cross in the original black colored box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emccomas Posted July 12, 2015 Share #8 Posted July 12, 2015 Next are a pair of United Daughters of the Confederacy Cross of Military service. The CMS on the left is for service in the Spanish American War. The CMS on the right is for service in the Philippines Insurrection. The Southern Cross of Honor is center top. The gold medal located center bottom is a "Yellowhammer" award presented in 1913 by the Alabama Chapter of the UDC for the best essay on a Civil War serviceman from Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardheaded Posted July 12, 2015 Share #9 Posted July 12, 2015 Right now this is probably the rarest that I have. I'd have to look to see how many were issued of some of the other medals that I have. California National Guard grouping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbomb Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted July 12, 2015 Wow these are some amazing medals! The peace medal must be worth a house surely? And the widow navy cross is insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javelin4life Posted July 12, 2015 Share #11 Posted July 12, 2015 I'll get a picture up when I can, but my rarest is a KIA PH to a POW of the 19th bomber squadron who was part of the Bataan death march and later killed on a Japanese hell ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmedalman Posted July 12, 2015 Share #12 Posted July 12, 2015 I have been chasing a 1901 USN China for a long time and just had the opportunity to acquire a group which had one in it. I love the detail in the medal. The quality of workmanship has not been seen on American medals since WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmedalman Posted July 12, 2015 Share #13 Posted July 12, 2015 Hello Buzzbomb I will start with probably the rarest medal and ribbon that I have, maybe not what your interested in based on your avatar, but... First a ribbon made up by Capt. Henry Freeman for the Dept Of Dakota Marksman team in 1881 there was 12 on the team so probably only 12 of these were made. I have attached a photo of Lt. Partello wearing his ribbon and a clipping from an Army Navy Journal Nov. 5th 1881 that mentions the ribbons And my Distinguished Marksman badge which appears to be from the first group of 87 badges made by Jens Petersen for the Army in 1887 And one more, a stadia that was awarded as a prize to the best shooter of the regiment I will do some others later on Don Fantastic photo of LT Partello, I can't recall ever seeing a soldier wearing three of the marksmanship badges on his collar. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45govt Posted July 12, 2015 Share #14 Posted July 12, 2015 Hello usmedalman It was unusual and not authorized, Here are a couple more the upper left soldier in the group photo is wearing three and one of a Charles Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted July 13, 2015 Share #15 Posted July 13, 2015 Here is what may be my rarest medal. The medal itself is not rare, however, the rarity is the reason for it's being awarded. Lt. Ernest V. Sandstrom received his Navy Expeditionary Medal as a member of a “landing force ashore” in Honolulu from the USS Adams in July 1889 during America's annexation of Hawaii. On the night of 29 and 30 July 1889 insurgents occupied the Hawaiian palace grounds, a landing party from USS Adams went ashore and established itself in the vicinity of the American Legation. The Hawaiian government restored order quickly without the necessity of American intervention, so the landing party re-embarked to the warship the following morning. The medal group is bar mounted and includes an example of the original production Navy Expeditionary Medal and Sandstrom's early Good Conduct Medal. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted July 13, 2015 Share #16 Posted July 13, 2015 USS Adams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefSosa Posted July 13, 2015 Share #17 Posted July 13, 2015 Very nice set kanemono....sometimes even the most common medal can have the greatest history behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbomb Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted July 14, 2015 Yea that is quite a cool medal to have! Anyone got any of macarthurs gear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted July 14, 2015 Share #19 Posted July 14, 2015 Yea that is quite a cool medal to have! Anyone got any of macarthurs gear? Here is a KIA purple Heart group has Mac signed letter to Mother of soldier . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted July 14, 2015 Share #20 Posted July 14, 2015 Yea that is quite a cool medal to have! Anyone got any of macarthurs gear? Here is a KIA purple Heart group has Mac signed letter to Mother of soldier . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted July 14, 2015 Share #21 Posted July 14, 2015 more paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted July 14, 2015 Share #22 Posted July 14, 2015 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbomb Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share #23 Posted July 14, 2015 Hard to put a value on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWIIDADS Posted July 14, 2015 Share #24 Posted July 14, 2015 Here's my Great Great Grandpas' Southern Cross of Honor in original box and cabinet card image of him in late life. He was Private in Co. B, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Letcher's Brock's Gap Rifles. Prior service in the 58th VA Volunteer Militia. Pretty special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzbomb Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share #25 Posted July 14, 2015 He looks tough!! Sweet bit of history youve got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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