DakotaDave Posted January 12, 2015 Share #126 Posted January 12, 2015 Wow, great save Kurt, this raid is very famous and well known down South. DakotaDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R Posted January 13, 2015 Share #127 Posted January 13, 2015 The following three medals are from the Washington Navy Yard Museum collection. I photographed them about 20 years ago and this is the first time these images have been published online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R Posted January 13, 2015 Share #128 Posted January 13, 2015 Washington Navy Yard Museum collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R Posted January 13, 2015 Share #129 Posted January 13, 2015 Washington Navy Yard Museum collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyrocket Posted January 13, 2015 Share #130 Posted January 13, 2015 Some of the best engraving I've ever seen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 13, 2015 Share #131 Posted January 13, 2015 The beauty of all these is how different the engraving is on all of them. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyrocket Posted January 18, 2015 Share #132 Posted January 18, 2015 FYI: Interesting medals for sale http://www.emedals.com/highlighted-offerings/world-nations/united-states/awards-for-valor-meritorious-service/an-american-air-force-medal-of-honor-by-h-l-p-g-t-w2412?vmcchk=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted April 9, 2016 Share #133 Posted April 9, 2016 I found these two photos while consolidating my computer profile prior to updating to Win10: yet another fine example of old school engraving which (IMHO) should have remained the standard. Credit for images is eMedals; sold around January 2015. BB&B 1904 contract, silver-base star. Outstanding. ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskjl Posted April 10, 2016 Share #134 Posted April 10, 2016 FYI: Interesting medals for sale http://www.emedals.com/highlighted-offerings/world-nations/united-states/awards-for-valor-meritorious-service/an-american-air-force-medal-of-honor-by-h-l-p-g-t-w2412?vmcchk=1 AF MoH.jpg What makes these interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted April 10, 2016 Share #135 Posted April 10, 2016 Lets get 1st Lt. Gott's group up here for future reference too. Photo credit to SLEV2252, i simply resized it; hope thats ok. ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted April 10, 2016 Share #136 Posted April 10, 2016 And Gunnery Sgt. Daly's. Credit: OP in that thread. .... (Note: looks like someone took cutters to the hanger; it would be interesting to see the final display. Hopefully the pieces didn't end up in a trashcan and can be restored. But it does reveal the cross-section of the hanger.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted May 9, 2016 Share #137 Posted May 9, 2016 In doing some research related to The Landing at Vera Cruz in the spring of 1914, i came across the attached photo showing the engraving style of that period; both photos are from the collection of the Naval History and Heritage Command. The photo of the reverse of Chief Turret Captain's Desomer's medal looks to have been made by laying it down on a photocopy machine but you get the idea: pretty standard stuff for the time. More interesting to me is the fact that it is configured as a breast badge and how the ribbon is sewn. Conventional knowledge is that that configuration ended at 1913. The presentation of the medals of G.O.101 & G.O.116 occurred on a cold January day in 1915 aboard the USS Florida in the New York Navy Yard (Brooklyn) more than a whole year later so it looks like the Navy Department elected to use up its stock of breast badges; sounds reasonable. The second photo, taken later in Desomer's career, shows that it was authorized to remain a breast badge but hung from a cravat; obviously this was a time of transition for the Navy medal. The awards of G.O.177 were probably plain cravats (although i have seen pictures of Adm.Fletcher's decoration hung from a plain neck ribbon and one with a rectangular frame/cravat setup). This has long been a curiosity of mine because as a lad of 13 or so i visited the home of Adm.O'Donnell to view his medals. The maid ushered us (my father had to drive me) into the Admiral's study but unfortunately they were framed and we didn't want to push the envelope. The medal however had a neck ribbon with pad: he elected to change over from the original configuration. Bottom line? maybe put an asterisk in Col. Gleim's Medal of Honor publication indicating "about the end of 1914" for the Navy Type IV and something for the Type V too. I sure would be interested in seeing any photos of the G.O. 101 & 116 awards other enthusiasts may have or know of.......heresay would be ok too as well as corrections to anything i may have offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted August 15, 2016 Share #138 Posted August 15, 2016 John J. Pinder Jr. ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B24AT6 Posted September 25, 2022 Share #139 Posted September 25, 2022 Just came across this on Ancestry: William R. Pelham, USN USS Hartford, Mobile Bay, 1864 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_usmc Posted December 7, 2022 Share #140 Posted December 7, 2022 The National Museum of the Pacific War had Captain Cassin Young’s Medal of Honor out today. Pretty incredible to consider what he did 81 years ago this morning. I asked to see the engraving on the back, and they were happy to show me. My photos didn’t turn out great, but here it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted December 8, 2022 Share #141 Posted December 8, 2022 2 hours ago, patrick_usmc said: The National Museum of the Pacific War had Captain Cassin Young’s Medal of Honor out today. Pretty incredible to consider what he did 81 years ago this morning. I asked to see the engraving on the back, and they were happy to show me. My photos didn’t turn out great, but here it is! That's an amazingly good museum. Visited last May when the USS Indianapolis Survivors had a reunion there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_usmc Posted December 8, 2022 Share #142 Posted December 8, 2022 It is a fantastic museum! One of my favorites for sure. I would have loved to have been at that, I bet it was neat. They have a Pearl Harbor commemoration every year. Until very recently, there was at least one survivor in attendance every year. This year, they did it a bit differently than usual, and had a presentation featuring a lot of oral history recordings. They also brought out some artifacts from storage, including Young’s medal. It was very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted February 16, 2023 Share #143 Posted February 16, 2023 Pvt. Joseph O. Gregg . . Credit OMSA: OMSA Monograph No.2, Medal of Honor Citation Supplements by Rudolph J. Friederich. 1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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