OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF

THE ORDERS AND MEDALS SOCIETY OF AMERICA

VOL. 23 JULY 1972 No. 7

iNDEPENDENCE MEDAL OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC

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by C.V. Kelly

The Independence Iz~ial ( Istiklal F~dalyasi) of the Republic of Turkey, awarded for the Independence War of 1919-19Z2, is the only medal or decoration allowed to be worn in modern Turkey. The old Ottoman Decorations from the First World War or earlier can no longer be worn, aud as Turkey was neutral during the Second World War, no decorations were awarded. During the Korean War, Turkish troops fought under the banner of the United Nations, and although these troops qualified for, and were a~arded the United Nations Korea h~Isl and the Republic of Koreals Medal for the Korean War, these medals cannot be worn. (i)

On a recent visit to Turkey (1971), I obtained two distinct varia- tions of this rare TurP~ish Independence ~dal. One type ~as described earlier in The ~ C,11ecto~ (December, 1967) (~). This is the type most often encountered, in bright gilt bronze, with the inscriptions in the old Turkish-Arabic script. On the obverse is the date ( z3 Nishan 1336 ), the Hegira (3) date corresponding to ~3 April 192D of the Gregor- ian Calendar, (4) we use today, being the date of the opening of the First National Assembly of the T~rkish Republic, and celebrated annually in Turkey as "National Sovereignty Day’! which corresponds to our ’~Independence Day" celebration. The reverse legend ( 1 Teshrini Saui 1338 ) means 1 November 19~2, the date of the institution of the medal.

The second type Independence 1~dal is of the same design, but of bronze instead of gilt bronze. Ho~ever it is possible that the gilding could have polished away, as the medal sho~s considerable ~ear. The obverse and reverse ~scriptions read the same as before but are ~rltten in Latin Alphabetical characters, instead of Tur!~uish-Arabic script as on the aforementioned medal. This medal in ~ collection is the only ex.ample of this variation that I have encountered, other than the one sho~m in the photo in ~. Robert Werlich’s book, O~ders and Decorations of All Nation~ which sho~s this second type medal. A possible explanation of this variant is that it is a second issue or a replacment medal, struck after the Tur~.~ish-Arablc ~riting and language ~as proscribed. On 1 November 1928, the modern Turkish Language, ~it~en in Latin Alphabetical characters was adopted by decree of "Ataturk" (5) ~nd the continued use of Turkish-Arabic ~as made a punishable offense. ~erefore any medals manufactured after this date would of necessity have the inscriptions in the ne~ written language.

FOOTNOTES: PART I 1.

can occasionally be found for sale in many of the Turkish second- hand Bazaars. For this reason I will not repeat a complete description of this medal. The Hegira dates used in ~slem countries are a reckoning in time from 16 July (A.D.) 62Z, the day after "T~ ~GI~A" (Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina), based upon a cycle of 30 years, 19 of which have ~5~ days each and ii of ~ich have 355 days each. The ....

begirnuing of the Hegira Year retrogresses through the Solar Year of the Gregorian Calendar.

The Gregorian Calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory Xlil, in 1~82 and adopted by England and the American Colonies in 175~. ’~Ataturk" r~eans ~Father of the Turks" and ~s the title bestowed on Mustafa Kemal, the General ~no secured the Independence of Turkey and declared it a Republic in 1923. He was President of the Tar~lish Republic from 1923 until his death in 1938.

Part II I~[DEPENDh~.ICE ~EDAL GN STA~£~S

On 30 August 1968, two Tur1~ish postage stamps were issued to honor the Turkish Independence Medal and depict the first type medal mentioned in Part I. The medal is embossed in gold on the stamp and ~arries the red ribbon for service at the front.

The stamp of ~50 Kurush" value bears the obverse of the medal, along- side a vignette of the "Sakarya Field Battle." This was the decisive battle of the Independence War, lasting from 23 August to 13 Septsmber 1921, along the line of the River Sangarus (Se!~arya) the last line of defense covering kugora (Ankara) stronghold of the Revolution. In a victorious campaign, the Greek Army had driven the Turkish Revolutionary Forces under ~4ustafa Kemal from Westarn Turkey into this final p~ecarious position. If the Greek ~Irmy could force the Sangarus Line, Angora would fall and this would end Kemal~s hope of an independent Turkish Republic. However, the Greek Force of 80,000 men broke and were eventually driven throug~ Anatolia to Smyrna (Izmir) where the Greek Commander-in-chief, General Trikopis was taken prisoner ~rlth all of his staff.

The stamp of "130 Kurush" value sho~ the reverse of the medal and the words of t~he Turkish Independence 1~rch.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jac~kson, J. Hampden: Th~ ~W~ A_ Short Political

1918-193A. (Boston, 1935) Th~ ~iEDAL COLLECTOR- (issue of December, 1967) Werlich,

Robert - Or~.e.r..s’ and ~ o~ ~ N.~tion~., Aucien~ and ~de.rn, ~ ~ >lilit.=.rz~. (WashinEton D.C.~ 1965)

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of Valour Sfar Modal "

Cascade me&ds

Ca~adiao Prose

OTTAWA -- Tim govet’nmen~ has lmvised its system of dlstiogtdsbed service awards, ~reating dew decorations for bravew that the government hopes will. become tile preme reward for Canadian cot~tage.

Prime Mi~lister ~deau told lhe Cmumons tha~ for the ]non/eRr the world-renowned Conlnloow~alth decorations ~ the Victoria Cross and the george Cross ~ would tak~ precedence over the Canadian awards.

But he made it clear that he hopes Iba~ will no~ last. Trudeau said that the five-year.old Order of Canada

has beell revised to eslablish a ll~/ level to recognize achievements hy ind~vlduaIs on lhe local, rather than fional level.

decorations ira" bravery, avdilabl¢ to civilians and service- men of all ranks. ~3my are the Crosg og Vglor, the 8tar of Courage and the Medal of Bravery.

There will also be a new Order of 5~illtary Merit, Dr distinguished service by members of the armed

Inside. and outside the tlous¢ Trudeau said he would prefer personally t}lat Canadian awards in file future wotdd take precedence mid indicated that i~ is doubtful he

lle said. however, he hopes the Queen wilt contimie t~

granL An examl~Io of that is tile Order of 51erit the Queen

~pokesmen for tim Conservatives, New Democrats

This is the way tim Order of ggaada will work: It will be divided ~nto lhree levels, instead o[ the pres.

!50. The ogicers of the order will take iil rite 288 holders o£

tion. A total of 40 o~cers may be appeared each year and

submitted by Jimme White British Columbia

Cm~ada

no limit to the total number’was announced by the govern- ment Wednesday.

The newly-established membership o£ the Order of Canada will recognize distinction in regioual or profession- al aervices, Up to now, awards were for contribution to the

Trade~u ~aid it is designed to offer reeognitioo /hdse persons who have chosen to contribute their lime

the tradition~ of the pas~ under which the Victoria Cross was awarded for military bravery ~nd the George Cross -- or George Medal -- was given for civilian courage.

Nosy aH Caoadians will have three available decor- ~tions ~ The Cross ol Valor, file Star d Courage and bledal of Bravery.

pie wh~ weut through an explosion in the destroyer

The Order ot Canada, as originally constituted, provid-

~erm Canadian bravery decorations, will be availhbIe to ci- v~ans and military personnel of all ranks.

Among other things, the three bravery decorations

Forces as they conduct their’peacekeeping role and would he available for persons who, for instance, distinguished themselves saving lives in forest fires¯

He said those who have received ibe VC and tim George Cross in the past will be permitted to continue wearing them and they would take precedence.

tie told Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield and other oppositiun questioners that he would consult wilh an

The Order of Military 5lerit is established ~o "hooor

the part of members of fl~e Canadian Armed Forces," Tru. deau ~aid.

The order will have three level~ -- commander, olficer and me~ber.

Ihe Qgeen by the Governor-General after consultatloos with an advisory committee headed by the chief justice of Canada.

In tb¢ ease of the Order ot Military Merit, recommen- dations will be submitted by a deebrations committee of the Canadian forces¯

A bravery, awards advisory committee will assist the Governor.General in selectiug recipients of bravery

The ord~ of precedence of all the nine awards which Cauada no~v has and those 0f the Commonwealth still has to be decided.

At lhe moment, lbe precedence is the Victoria Cross, the,George Cross aud ll~e Order of canada, companion.

The, three top Canadian awards ~ Companioo of the Order, the Order of Military Merit and tim Cross of Valor -- now will become third, fourth and ~ifth ~ tim order of precqdence:

But the order of precedence of fl~e~e ~ree has not yet been decided.

FROM THE COPY-B00K OF C. FLY}S~-ALL~

"When the 900-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted and the gaunt, brave survivors had basked a bit in the fitful spring sunshine, the Soviet government made one of its rare graceful gestures to these heroic people. It awarded to the survivors ( and to some who did not ) the Medal for Defense of Leningrad.

So far as I Imow it played no favorites in this. Those who had chanced to come through alive got the medal (ma~y of them to their great surprise). In all more than 300~000 medals were passed out -- and it ~y sound like a very large total. But when you consider the fact that something llke 3,.300,000 persons were trapped ~zlthin the siege lines ~;hen the long blockade began on September 8~ 19Z~l, the number is not so large. Of course, between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 persons died during the siege - of hunger, of cold, of disease, of Germ~ bullets, b~nbs, and shells.

The Leningrad medal does not seem to have been awarded to Leningraders ~o spent the terrifying months of }~ovember an~ December 1941, ana the incredible January~ February and ~’Larch of 19Z~ in the city hut who were toward the end of that period evacuated at enormous peril ana under such hardships that tens of thousands froze to death or died of other causes in the perilous crossing of Lake Ladoga or in the disorganized, ill-equipped facilities which were provided for the outward migrants on the fe~ shore of Lake Ladoga or in the freezing and starving countryside around the railhead, leading back to the "mainland~ of Russia which so many had e~pected to be their salvation.

All of this Elena Skrjabina has experienced. She has no h~dal of Lenin- grad. But she possesses a distinction which is as rare as any human being possesses. She ~ a Leningradero"

Harrison E. Salisbury in the Forwar~ to SIEGE AND SURVIVAL : The Odyssey of a Leningra~er, hy E~ena S~abina, translated by Norman Lttxenburg, Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale ana Edwardsville - 1971

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"In 1946, the detachment was awarded a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation, ana the commendation, signed by General Eisenhower, concluued: ~Unuer the m~st hazardou~ jungle conditions, Americsns of Detachment lO1, Office of Strategic Services, displayed extraordinary heroism in leading their coordinated battalions of natives to complete victory against an overwhelming superior force. (From 8 ~y to l~ June 1945) they met and routed lO,000 Japanese throughout an area of lO,O00 square miles, killed l,Zi7 while sustaining loss of 37, d~molished or captured 4 large d~mps, destroyed the en6~y transport, and inflicted extensive damaze to contuuni- cations and facilities."

When the detacbmnent was dissolved at the war’s end, the men of lO1 desired to ex~press their gratitude to the courageous native volunteers ~ho had contributed so signally to the Burma victory. From Nazira they radioed a message to ~y headqu.arters in New Delhi: ~ReconLmend gallant Kachin leaders to be awarded citation, medal, or other recognition.’

Unfortunately the officer who received the message failed to realize that in c.~.bles the co~a is usually designated by the letters C~.~ and Delhi anxious to comply ~lth the OSS request, tried in vain to find a C~A Medal among the U.S. Army decorations. Rather than dissapoint lO1, a hundred special medals were struck off N h~ndsome silver emblems dangling from green ribbons bearin~g on their face the peacocks of Burma and t~he cryptic initials 6~.

lO1 was equally nonplussed when the medals arrived. They had arranged a for~ ceremony that afternoon to present their tributes to the Kachin chiefs, and some solution had to be found. OSS mot the crisis with charac- teristic ingenuity. At the appointed hour, the native leaders stood in solemn formation to receive the rarest of American medals, the GIV~WJAN I~LILITARY ASS!ST~tNCE award.

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from "Leatherneck"- Fray, 1972 submitted by Haskell D. Richardson

OI,iSA # 593

Of the 15 campaigns designated for service in Vietnam, one was re- cently terminated and two others named.

The 13th campaign, previously announced as beginning May I, 1970, was terminated June 30, 1970, and named -Sanctuary Counteroffensive."

A 14th named ..Counteroffensive Phase VII," extends from. July I, 1970, to June 30, 1971.

The 15th campaign, as yet unnamed, commenced July I, 1971, with the termination date to be announced later.

The other Iz campaigns and inclusive dates are:

I. Vietnam Advisory, from 14arch 15, 196z, through March 7, 1965. 2. Vietnam Defense, h~rch 8 through December 24, 1965. 3. Vietnam Counteroffensive, December 25, 1965 throu4~h June 30, 1966. 4. Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase II, July l, 1966 through May 31, 1967. 5. Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase III, June l, 1967 through Jan. 29, 1968. 6. Tet Counteroffensive, January 30 through April l, 1968. 7. Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase IV, April 2 through June 30, 1968. 8. Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase V, July 1 through November l, 1968. 9. Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase VI, November 2, 1968 through Feb. 22, 1969. I0. Tet 69 Counteroffensive, from February Z3 through June 8, 1969. ll. Vietnam Su~mer-Fall, from June 9 through October 31, 1969. 12. Vietnam Winter-Spring, from November l, 1969 through April 30, 1970.

Haskell D. Richardson

I - General of the Ar~y OMAR N. BRA~EY - Awards and Decorations

One of the most fascinating facets of my military collecting has been the re-creation of "famous chests". To re-create the military ribbons of decorations and a~ards as actually worn by the subject, it is best to obtain your information directly from the subject. There are many advantages to this, foremost of which is the personal corres- pondence and contact it affords.

My subjects are all well-kno~n public and military figures and in most cases I have had g~erous responses. ~here the subjects are deceased many close f~iends or the families have kindly responded.

General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley is the last surviving U.S. five-star general. He is a very gracious, cou.-teous and unassum~ug person, and he responded to my request in a most friendly and helpgul fashion. Within a very short while I received a personally autographed photograph, a complete list of awards and a lengthy biography ~ith ~ list of honerery degrees and other honors.

It took about two years to assemble the ribbons, patch ~nd insignia of General Bradley. Some projects have taken over tern active years of searching, while so~e are still awaiting diffi~cult items after fifteem years or more.

The ribbons are acquired from various sources and countries and are obtained mostly in unmounted one inch lengths. These are then hand mounted on thin metal sheets and folded very similar to the standard U.S. ribbon slides. They are then mounted individually as nearly as possible in the order in which they are actually worn by the subject. The rosettes, palms, swords, crowns and other appurtenances ~re usually more difficult to obtain than the ribbons themselves. For foreign ribbons I keep a supply of gold and silver braid to manufacture the proper grade or class of award.

The list of General Bradley’s awards are as they appear row by row in the framed display. ~%uk insignia, patches, badges and autographs when acquired rotmd out a display that will increase in value and interest as the years go by. Commemorative medals which have been struck honoring the subject add greatly to the interest of the framed group.

EDITORI S NOTE: This is the first of mauy articles which I h~;ve received and intend

to publish about "F~OUS C~TS". Back in the esrly ’50’s L. Guille featured this in the early issues of o~r British sister organizetion. Ribbon collectors add much to our study of orders, mode.Is ~md decorations ~nd s~s ~~. Rich~a’d~on so aptly ~mts it "a fascin~ting facet." F.v.A.

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GENFB~kL OF THE ARMY 0MAR NELSON BRADLEY

row I Distinguished Service Medal - Army (3 @LC)

Distinguished Service Medal - Navy

Silver Star Legion of Merit (OLC) Bronze Star

Mexican Border Service 1911-17 Allied Victory Medal 1919 American Defense

E.T.O. Campaign (7 battle stars~1 arrowhead)

American Theater Victory Medal - ~I II

Occupation Medal - ~ II Germany Morocco: Order of Ouissam Alaouite Cheriflen (Gr.0ff.)

Greece: Royal Order of George I France: Legion of Honour (GC)

France: Croix de Guerre 1940 (].z/palm) Netherlands: Order of Orange Nassau (GC)

Belgium: Order of the Crown (GC)(w/palm) Belgium: Croix de Guerre 19~0 (w/palm)

Ltuxembourg: Order of the Oak Crown (GC) Luxembourg: Croix de Guerre

Argentina: Order of General San Martin ~Gr.Officer) USSR: Order of Kutuzov - !st Class

USSR: Order of Suvorov - !st Class Poland: Order of Polonia Restituta

Czechoslovakia: War Cross 1939

Czechoslovakia: Order of White Lion for Victory w/star Belgium: Order of the Crown ~¢/palm

Srazil: Order of Military Merit (Gr.0fficer) Italy: Military Order of Savoy (GC)

Combat Infantryman’s Badge Five stars of Genera! of the Army Patch of the 12th Army Group

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OF’FI C~ OF

GENERAL OF THE ARMY OMAR N. BRADLEY

WASHINGTON

12 June 1961

Dear ,Mr. Richardson:

This will acknowledge your recent letter concerning your hobby of recreating ribbon sets of military persons and gathering other data. I am glad that the project is succeeding so well ~nd I am pleased to send you the enclosed information to help round out your material.

I am u~ole to furnish "particulars" in connection with my decorations~ They are not available in this office, and I would hesitate to request this material from the Pentagon files for other than offici~l pin-poses because of the g~eat workload of the people concerned. I am sure that you will understand.

I am out of the city a great deal and, consequently~ there has been ~cme delay in answering your’letter. I am pleased to grant your reqnest and I wish you the best of luck w~th your growing collection.

With kindest regards and all good wlshes, I am

Sincerely,

Enclosu/’es (3)

Mr. Haskel] D. Richardson 4026 Sneed Road

Nashville, Tennessee

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THE TRIANGULAR HONDURAN ARMS ABOVE~ WITHIN AN ENAMELED RING INSCRIBED }~EPUBLICA DE HOi’DURAS, THE. BREAST STAR IS DEBCRIG~D AS SILVER WITH A OOLO CENTER; IT HAS THE SAME

MEDALLION AS THE BADGE, WITHIN A DARK--ENAMELED RING INSCRIBED O~DEN DE SANTA ROSA Y DE

LA ClVILIZACION, ENCIRCLED BY A FACETEG RINGj IN CENTER OF THE WHITE-ENAMELED BALL--

POINTS OF FACETED RAYSj THE 1~ LARGER RAYS HAVING ENLARGED ENOS. THE KAI MEYER SET

ON A SASH APPARENTLY OF RED WITH BLUE/ WHITE/ BLUE CENTER.

THE ORDE~ OF MORAZON WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1941, ACCORDING TO LoFo GUILLE

¯ ~,blERICAN DECORATIONS~)~ TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF TH~ DEATH OF GENERAL FRANCI~-

co MORAZON (ON 10 DEC. 1S42), IN THE CLASSES OF ~RANS CROSS AND MEDAL. ~ENERAL FRANCISCO MORAZON (1799-1942) LED THE REVOLT OF THE LIBERALS AGAINST THE

CONGERV.ATIVE GOVERNMENT OF THE,CENTRAL AMERICAN FEDERATION IN 1~261 THE LIBERALS WON

IN 1~2~ AND MORAZON BECAME OICTATOR~ LAT’ER PREBIDENT~ CURBED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND

ESTABLISHED RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. HE WAS DEFEATED BY A CONSERVATIVE REVOLT IN 1~]7--9

~HICH DISSOLVED THE FEDERATION. MORAZON FLED TO CHILE~ RETURNED IN ~2 TO REESTAB-

LISH THE FEDERATION BUT WAS CAPTURED AND SHOT~

THE ORDER COULD BE AWARDED TO CHIEF8 OF GOVERNMENTS AND TO HONDURAN AND FOREIGN

CITIZENS FOR EMINENT SERVICES TO THE COUNTRY IN CIVILI M|LITARYI SOIENTIFICm LITER--

~RY OR ARTISTIC FIELDS~

CUILLE DESCRIBES THE INSIGNIA AS A ~0MM GOLDEN BALL-TIPPED WHITE--ENAMELED ~ALTESE

CROSS WITH ARCS OF THE NATIONAL COLORS AT THE BASE OF EACH ARMm SUPERIMPOSED ON A

~REEN WREATH. THE OBVERSE MEDALLION HAG A GOLD RELIEF EFFIGy OF MORAZON IN A RING

SCRIBED ffFRANCIS~O MORAZON 1~Z~2-1942". THE REVERSE MEDALLION HAS FIVE VOLCANOS,

BOLIC OF THE FIVE CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS. THE CROSS WAS WORN ON A NECK RIBBON

.,~OMM WlDE~ EQUALLY BLUE/ WHITE/ BLUE~ AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY ~N ~-POINTED BREAST STAR

WITH THE BADGE SUPERIMPOSED. THE ~EDAL OF THE ORDER OF MORAZON I~ ~0MM~ GILT (A~SO

DESCRIBED AS SlLVER)I OBVERSE AN EFFIGY OF MORAZON IN A CIRCLE SEARING’HIS NAME AND

DATES SURROUNDED BY A WREATH~ REVERSE THE FIVE VOLCANOS; RIBBON ~0MM1 EQUALLY BLUE/

WHITE/ BLUE.

APPARENTLY THE INSIGNIA WAG LATER CHANGED AND THE CLASSES INCREASED~ THE ENCYCLO-

PEDIA AMERICANA 19~9 GIVEG THE ORDER ~ CLAS~ES AND A GOLD COLLAR FOR HEADS OF STATES.

ANOTHER SOURCE GIVES THE CLASSES AS GRAND CROSS WITH GOLDE~ PLAqUE~ GRAND CROSS WITH

~ILVER PLAqUE~ GRAND OFFICER~ COM~}ANDER~’OFFICER AND KNIGHT.

THE CURRENT INBICNIA~ AS ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED BY WELICH (ItORDERS AND ~ECORA-

TIONS OF ALL HATIONGtl) IS A GOLDEN BALL-TIPPED WHITE=ENAMELED MALTESE CROSS WITH A

GOLDEN I~NER BORDER LINEI LAID ON A GOLDEN GREEN--ENAMELED WREATH. THE GOLDEN MEDALLION

HAS THE HEAD OF MORAZON TO LEFT~ INRELIEFm WITHIN A GOLD--COSEC BLUE RICO INSCRIBED

FRANCISCO MORAZON 1792-1~2. THE REVERSE GOLD MEDALLION BEARS THE FIVE VOLCANOS WITHIN ~ GOLD--EDGED BLUE RING INSCRIBED REP DE HONDURAS LI~R£’ 80BER~A E INDEPENDIENTEo THE

GROGS IS SURMOUNTED BY A’BGLDEN PYRAMID WITH TWO TOWERS AND A MOUNTAIN PEAK AT ITS

~TTH AUCTION ~1620 AND @HE ~RD AUCTION

THE ORDER OF ~ERIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 19fi~, ACCORDING TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERI-

CANA 1969, IN TWO CLASSES AND A MEDAL OF THE ORDER FOR MILITARy MERIT OR GALLANTRY,

THIS IS PERHAPG THE SAME AS THE ORDER OF MILITARy ~ERIT DESCRIBED IN ANOTHER SOURCE

IN CLA~BES OF DECORATION 1ST GLASS AND DECORATION 2ND CLASS,

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THE ITALO-GER~hN CAMPAIGN MEDAL FOR AFRICA

by C.V. Kelly, OMSA # 98

F~st collections of medals of the Second World War contain examples of this Italian medal, the Italo-Germ~n C~mpaign in Africa Medal (Medaglia Campagna Italo-Tedesca in Africa), often Paao~n to collectors as the "Afrikakorps" medal. Early in 1942 this meds~l was given to the German Forces under the command of General Ro~mel, allied to the Italians fi~htin~ in Libya and Egypt. It was never given to, nor worn by personnel of the Italian ~ed Forces. This ~s not an official Italian Government award, but a semi-official medal given by the Italian ~litary Command, and no regulations for we~r were prescribed. The German troops wore it in w~rious ways; on the mounted medal bar (Grosseordensschnalle); through the button hole of the left pocket ~flao on the uniform; or just pinned onto the uniform (as sho~n in the accompanying photograph from a ~t~me ADLER magazine). Often the ribbon ~lthout the medal was worn through the second button hole of the uniform in the manner in which the ribbon of the German Iron Cross, 2d Class was worn. In this case it was of the usual Italian medal ribbon width of 36ram. in stead of the narrower 25mm. "~idth as issued attached to the medal.

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The medal ~as originally msnufact~&red by the firm of F.M. Lorioli & Sons, of ~lan, Italy, first in bronze, later in a grey (war metal) alloy, thinly plated in bronze, and in silver (plated). The obverse design of a German and an Italian soldier in armor holding a crocodil% "the British EruDite, and forcibly closing its ja~s, the Suez Canal." (*) bears a notice- able similarity to the e~rlier Battle of Sirte i~dal design.(**).

The reverse of the medal depicts ~m arch, the "Arco dei Feleni" on the "Via B~lbia" in Libya, which marks the bounda~j of CyrensAca and Tripo- litania, over a square Proof, the Royal Knot of ~the House of Savoy, and flanked by a Fasces on one side and a Swastika on the other. Around the rim of the medal is the legend, Italo-German c~mpaign in Africa, in first the Italian and then the German languages.

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The ribbon is 25~n. in ~i~th, of five equal stripes of green, white, red, ~hite, black, the Italisn and German colors respectively. A bronze plated steel safety pin is se~n 6nto the ribbon for attachment to the uniform. The medals were issued in a brown cellophane envelope ~th the manufactumerls n~me and trade mark on the front and the name of the medal, again in both languages, on the back. (***).

Vsmieties of t~is medal are:

1. The first type manufactured, in bronze, 31 mm in ~idth, made by Lorioli. This bronze type is not frequently encountered.(****)

2. The second type, by Lorioli ond other m~-uufacturers, in bronze plated ~sm metal. Same design as the previously mentioned medal but poorly plated. The bronze plating is often found in various stages of decomposition~ giving the medal a streaked appearance. Widths of the medal v~j from 3~ to 3~m. After the end of the Second World War, this type of medal could often be found for sale in military outfitters shops in Italy. This is the most com~.on tz~pe.

3. The first type, by Lorioli, in mr metal, but silver plated, and sho~ing some differences in the design. These design differences between the silver plated and the bronze plated medals ~ill. be easily noted after stud~lng the accompanying enlarged photographs. The designer’s name (De ~rchis), is incised in the case of the bronze and bronzed medals, ~hile the name is in raised letters on the silvered medal. The m~nufacturer’s name and location (Lorioli-

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~L!ano), on the bronze and bronzed medals is foand above the crocodile’s left leg in small letters, reading do~n,~ard while on the silvered it is found above the crocodile’s right leg in much larger letters, read~ug upwards. The silvered medal has a much thicker planchette, over 2ram. thick as opposed to about 1.5 mm in the case of the bronze or bronzed. The silvered t~e is quite rare. Unfinished white metal blanks which were removed from the factory at the end of the w~r, before being bronze plated. ~Ithough these are genuine medals, they are unfinished and should not be confused ~lth the silvered medals meationed above. The differences in design will be quite apparent. Copies. Deliberate fakes made by unscrupulous dealers to be sold to collectors as original medals. A N~ York dealer has for some years been selling a copy made from one of the silvered medals, ~zlth no mention of its authenticity. ~nis copy is of a light weight, possibly magnesium alloy which has been given a black tone. The obverse and reverse sections were cast separately and then crudely joined together. The easiest method to detect this f~e is to look at the edge of the medal from the side ~here the junction line of the t~o halves is easily noticed. Also, the medal ~as so poorly made that the planchette is thicker at the bottom than the top, which is easily seen ~hen looking at the edge. The medal has a thickness of less than 1 ~n at the top where the suspension lug joins the medal and a thicl~aess of over ~ ram. at the very bottom. This is, of course, not true in the case of the original silvered medal. This fs~e medal cames suspended from a ribbon of 30 ram. in ~Idth.

FOOGNOTES: * Taprell Dorling ~nd Lionel F. Gull!e, Ribbon, s and Me~l~,

(London, 1960), p. 2~ ** C.V. Kelly, "Italian ~dal for the Battle of Sirte", ~ Medal

Collector, Vol. z2, No. lO, (October, 1971): pp. 12-13. *** Rust marks from the original steel safety p~n may be seen on the

envelope in the photo. **** I recently (1971) bottght one of these bronze medals in the Arab

~Flea Market"- in Tunis which had been found on the Tunisian desert battlefield.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Dorling, Taprell and Guille, Lionel F., RibbQ~S_ ~ Med~ls, George Phillip & Son, Ltd. London, 1960.

Neubecker, Dr. 0ttfried~ ~ T~ferkeii und Verdiens~,Schild Verlag, Mnnich, (in German)

Scandaluzzl, Franco, Ord~ E~uest~$,. Meda~ $ Decorazi~n~ Italia~e~ privately printed, ~lan, 1962 (in Italian)

~RDER OF THE RISING SUN AWARD DOCUMENT The centerfold shows the rare Japanese document awarding

the Sixth Class of the Order of the Rising Sun to Imperial Russian Attache Andrei Belnchenko in 1901. This document is one of the many items which will be seen at the 13th annual O.M.S.A. Convention at the Airport Marina Hotel in Burlin- game, California, August llth, 12th, and 13th. The recipient of this document was a fabulous person who had served since age 16 with the Russian Imperial Embassy in Peking, spoke most of the Oriental languages, and had received a multitude of decorations, including those of Japan, Korea, China, ~ even some awards of Chinese warlords. His document is shown here in keeping v~th the Oriental theme of the forthco~ng convention. See you there.

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Arms o[ the late President Eisenhower

(From the book)

]WTEP@L%Ti0NAL ~r~DRY - by L.G. Pine - Charles E. Tuttle, Publishers, Rutlaud, Vermont - 1970 - 244pp, line drawings and photographs.

This book, a comprehensive survey of the science and art of a~orial bearings and heraldic devices, traces the history of herald~-£ from its small medieval origins as a means of identification on the field of battle to its present-day manifestations in a v~riety of forms throughout the world. English, Scottish and Irish heraldry are separately examined and there is a full account of their evolution over the ages, their adaptation to civil uses, and their p~.ace in the modern world.

Other chapters include Corporate Bodies - h£1itary, Territorial and Civic Arms, Arms of Institutions, Continental Heraldry and Oriental Heraldry.

Of interest to students of Orders of Knighthood appears in the article on Denmark:

"A very considerable display of arms can be seen in the beautiful castle of Frederiksborg. Here is the chapel of the great Danish orders, those of the Elephant, and of Dsmmebrog, all of whose members .must have a shield of arms for display in the chapel. Copies of the arms are in the office of the orders.

With regard to the orders of chivalmy, there is not technically a grant of arms, but when a new }might is appointed the chapter of the order ask for a coat of arms to be painted on the stall plate and hung in Frederiksborg Castle. Naturally an old family coat of arms would be applicable, but ~ere arms are not already ~n use the painter of the royal chapter may be asked to create a coat. Thus the arms of Sir Winston Churchill were immediately available when he was made a knight of the Order of the ~L~ieph~ut; on the other hand, when the same distinction was given to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, a coat of arms had to be created." (see il!ustrs.tion).

Mr. Pine is a prolific writer on the subject, as well as being the o.uthor of such books as: Princes of Wales, The Story of HeralSA~£, The Story of Surnames and The Story of Titles all being published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company.

Since heraldry and ~n~ighthood usually go hand in h~nd this book with others of kith and kin belong on the reference shelf of the Orders collectors.

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THE SK57~L ;’~D CROSSBONES motif has been ~zidely used in many forms, pirate flags, on coins and on medals. Case in point the Spanish piece in this issue of ’q.~at was it issued for?" Also used in Germsn Imperial ~.[I Tank b~dge s.nd Condor Legion Tank Badge of Spenish Civil ~ar. The "Death Head" Hus~,~rs ~md 17th Lancers of Great Britain employ the emblem as part of their distinctive regimental insignia. How many other ~xamples can our readers provide us with?

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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

By Harry Mohler, Convention Chairman

The 13th annual convention in San Francisco this coming August is somewhat a misnomer~ because it actually will be in Burlingame, about 17 miles south of the City. The Airport Marina Hotel where the meeting will take place is adjacent to the San Francisco International Airport, with free bus service provided by the hotel to and from the airport. For those who drive, there is ample free parking at the hotel. The hotel is a new, modern facility of 350 rooms, operated by Fred Harvey. We have been able to obtain special conven- tion rates of $17 for single-bed, $21 for double, and $23 for twin accomodations. It is advisable to make early reser- vations, as August is the height of the summer tourist seas- ono Mention 0.M.S.Ao when making your reservation, to insure obtaining a room and getting the convention rates.

The Convention Committee has established a new category in exhibits. There will be first, second, and third awards in each category, plus the Best of Show. The categories of exhibits are: a) U. S. Federal Awards, b) U. S. Non-federal Awards (State, City, National Guard, etc.), c) Orders o f Knighthood and Merit, d) Foreign Decorations and Medals, e) Miscellaneous Awards (no insignia but any type of earned awardnot covered in the above categories~ i.e.: Carnegie Medal, Nobel Prize, etc. Exhibit tables and cases (limit of five cases to any one exhibitor) are included in the conven- tion fee. ~

In additio~ to the regular prizes, Vice President Chuck Bell has offered the Vice President’s Award which will be given to the best exhibit which will comprize of items not to exceed in value of $100. The judging will be based on the research and arrangement of this type of exhibit. Also, Yash Yasinitsky of The Medal Exchange, has offered a prize for an exhibit presented by a junior collector under 18 years of age.

There wi’!l be a charge of $5 for each table, and $2 for each case in ~he Bourse. These will be doled out on first~ " come-first-s~rved basis.

Major Albert ~Gleim will present an i~uformative talk on the history and Background of the numbering of UoS. campaign medals° Dr. K. Go ,Klietmann, of Berlin, will offer an illus- tr.ated lecture on the Blue Max, "A True History of the Order Pour le Merite," which v~ll include many unknown facts about this o@der, with color slides of the k~owa types. Other speakera will be announced in the next month’s issue.

The .official registration form will be distributed with THE" ~EDAL COLLECTOR, and it~ is imperative that any dealer or member desiring a bourse table, mail in the request so as to insuTe ample tables and space being available. It is also requested ~hat members desiring to exhibit, forward their requests to ~the Committee prior to arrival, so that enough tables and cases can be provided for them.

It would be extremely helpful if members planing to attend the 13th Convention would pre-register, to eliminate the problems of the registration desk at convention time. An envelope.containing all the convention data could then be prepared ahead of time for you. Pre-registration checks must be made out to Treasurer, O.M.~.A. Convention, in. the amount of $25.00 per member. Send all correspondence pertaini~ to the convention to Harry Nohler. Convention Chairman, P.O.Box 43, Sausalito, CaliforzLia, 94965.

LATER AND ADDITIONAL NEWS FROM CHAI~ M~

At last count we have over 50 reservation~ and we have only 50 roc~s blocked off.

For those conventioneers who want to go to downtown San Francisco they can take the hote! bus to the airport and then catch the Airport bus to downtown, leaving every half hour ($1.10 each way).

Within w~lking distance of our hotel is a ne~movie theatre, several of the better peninsula name restaurants, banks, and numerous chain restau- rants. Sightseeing tours will be available to San Francisco, Bay harbor trips, Marineland and other events. Daucing and entertainment at Shipwreck Kellyts in the hotel.

Other featured speakers will also include in addition to those mentioned above:

Captain H. Schoenberg, USA - "The Army~s Current Policy on Awards."

Gale Hawks - "Collecting the British Campaign Medal."

Eric Ludvigsen - "Some thoughts about the Theft of a Collection."

~. Ed May, Chairman of the Bourse and F~hlbit Committee, will be at the OMSA Desk in the convention hall starting Thursday August 1Oth. to assist conventloneers in exhibits and assignment of bourse tables.

I would like to mention that the Military Collectors Club of Canada are having their convention at the Vancou~er Hotel, Vancouver, B.C. on August 4, 5 and 6th, just a week prior to our convention, so that OMSA members can make both shows.

We are prepared for a great convention, so come and have a wonderful time.

"TOURIST TRF~!T" - Barry Bishop, Latin-_~eric~n correspondent for the Chicago Tribune Press Service, ~rites from M~ico City and says ~Thieves !~i~rhet is Tourist Treat". After a discourse on such ohenomena around the world he surveys the ~r~ico City scene and adds: ~’At ~ne spot there was an old wood-burning kitchen stove. At another you could oick up a handsome medal, ~exican or Foreign, to wear ~.ith your best smok~g jacket the next time decorations are called for at a receotion. ~o lmows that one of your ~ncestor’s w~sn’t in the h~ttle of W~terl~o?"

submitted by G.C. Erug from T~ ChUOAGO TRIBUI.~E 00t/13/69

WHAT WAS iT iSSUED FOR ? FvA

FOR IDF~TIFiCATi0N

7216 - Silver oval medal - Obverse Russian Crown and F~nogram of ~’~lex~uder I of Russia. Legend : "G~INDE GERICHT" ~nd in lo~ler part of medal the date "30 August 1818". Reverse: Legend in six lines: "Zu / Lemaicke / im / Hasenpoth / Schen / Greise."

7217 - Possibly a Polish medal - ~nite Enameled cross, believed to be in a gilt finish, silver eagle superimposed upon center. Ribbon believed to be ~ white ~aqd ~ red (Polish colors). Reverse: Uniface, no design. Inscription on cross: "Swoim Z0~IE RZOM Z 0SWOB0 DZONA ~0LSKA" and across the arzs of the cross the word

(photo by G.C. Krug)

7218 - A piece picked up in a Spanish milit~ry outfitters shop by C.V. Kelly. He has seen the background in different colors, red, blue and yellow (possibly indicating branch of service?).

7219 - A five-pets~led (Chinese Nationalist) ~ooden plague ~ith gilt (?) eagle as main design anm Kuo-min-tang device in Blue a~nd ~£nite enamel above. Belo~ is a plate ~,rlth t~o lines of 16 Chinese characters. Believed to be a Chinese Nationalist Air Force A~;ard Plaque, but further information is desired.

(Photo by O.C.

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AWARDS OF THE ~DiCAL A~D NURSING SERVICES Capt. Jack Bod~htngton

Pictured here is the Sophie Mannerheim Medal for Nursing of Finland. It is a~rded by the Association of Nurses of Finland for Meritorious Services to the Profession of Nurses in Finland.

This is but one of the many medals that are rarely seen or ~ritten about but most certainly belong to the family of a~ard medals.

It is hoped that as these medals and photographs come to light ~e may share our 1~o~ledge of them with our members.

WAR DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY VARIFIES OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD by Paul ~I. Till, # 1471

The purpose of this article is to briefly describe the earlier and

later types of the Exceptio~l Civilian Service Award or Medal. Pictures

of the obverse of the planohet of this award may be found in Evans

Kerrigan’s book and the Army ~hart cf medals, both cited below in details

Although the author does not have a copy of the official Army re~lations

on this award (AR 672-20), and although Evans Kerrigan’s American War Me~s

and-Decor%tio~s (1964), page 125 states that it is not awarded to government

civilian employees; the author relying on one of the U. S. Govermmentts

excellent color photographic (as opposed to the current color drawing)

c~rts of ~dals, P-173 Rev-RPB-I{~I-50-J~OM, believes that it is awarded for

"exceptionally meritorious service within and beyond the call of duty by

civilian employees of the Army~" The criteria for the award is exceptional

series, includiag heroism, by a civilian Army employee. None of the

reference~ eoasulted by the author give the date cf the authorization of

this medal.

The e~lier type ef this me~al is the War Department Excepticr~

Civiliam Service Award~ It is suspended from the same type of ribbon as the

later type medal- medium to dark watered blue with tB_rse dotted or vertically

hyphe~ted pin stripe lines sear the ceater~ The plasohet is made of bronze.

A general description of the planchet is that it is circ~ar with a scalloped

circumfrence created by the wreath ca its outer edge~ On the obverse is the

U. S. Army eagle insignia. On the reverse withia the wreath is the impressed

inscription, which (with / to separate the different lines) is "FOR /

WAR DEPARTMENT / F~C~LoTIONAL CIVILIAN / SERVICE ¯ . TO" with the lower

bla~ for the recipient’s name. The inclusion of the term ’War Department’

in the inscription reasomably leads to the coaclusioa that this type of the

award was created prior to ~94~ whoa the War Departmeat was discontiaued and

replaced with the Defense Department with its subordinated De~tments of

the Army, Na~ ~d Air Forces Aside from the reverse inscription~ the main

differeaoe between this and the later type award is that the planchet of

this type is made of bronze of a medium light finish. This type is act

encountered frequeatlyo

The later type of this medal is the Department af the Army Exceptiom~Ll

Civilian Sex-~ioe Award. It has the same ribh~n as the earlier type and the

general description of the planchet is the same, except for two items~

First, the iascription ca the reverse is "FOR / D~PARTME~T / OF TI~ ARMY /

EXCEI~IONAL CIVILIAN / SERVICE . ¯ TO". Second, the current variety of the

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planchet is made of gold filled or gold washed bronze, which gives the

appearance of gold~ Possibly when %his later type medal came into being

its planchet was made of plain brenze like its earlier type predeocsser0

and this was changed to gold filled, or gold washed bronze later to

distln~uish it from the later created Junior award in the current series of

two, the Arm~ Meritorious Civilian Semite Ava~d, because of their general

similarity in design and ribbeno BeCause ef the e~sistenoe of the earlier

War Department type medal~ the author believes that the later .

Department of the Army type medal came into e~si~tence in or shortly after

the ~9~8 creation of the Department of the Ax~t7 under the Defense Depa~tmen~

ORGANIZATION NEWS

As a continuing effort we are happy to be able to report on more local and affiliated collector groups as we did ina previous issue of THE MEDAL COLLECTOR. If there are any other groups who would like to be listed here~ and given a little publicity~ and if they haven’t already contacted the Secreta- ry~ please do so and we will be happy to feature your organi- zationo

DEUTSCHLAND MILITAER VEREIN - DMV

This is a newly formed German collector’s society which came to light on January 18~ 1972~ which date happens to be the Prussian-Gentian equivalent to our 4th of Ju!y~ Inaugura- tion Day~ and Flag Day all in one. The members~ which number approximately 40~ meet to foster the serious study and collect- ing of all phases of German History and Culture where related to the Military~ Para-Mi!itary~ Knightly~ Chivalric~ and Her- aldic Institutions of the Reichs.

The members meet once a month socially to discuss matters of interest to the Society and particular member interests. Membership in the ~V consists of Active and Corresponding classifications subject to the approval of the Board of Di- rectors. Yearly subscription to the Society and the official bulletin of the Society is set at ~2o00.

The ,’Deutschland Militar Herold" is the officia! bi-month- ly publication of the ~V~ two issues of which have already been distributed. The bulletin contains articles of interest to the membership~ advertisements~ and usually contains some very fine drawings.

The Secretary is: George A. Pester~ 512 Feaster Avenue~ Feasterville~ Pennsylvania 19047

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NEWS POPE HONORS STATUE DEF~DE~

Pope Paul VI bestowed the Vatican’s fourth highest award on the Italian off-duty fireman who overpowered the attacker of the Michelangelo statue of the P~eta.

The Pope personally handed Marco 0ttaggio, 20, the insignia of Knight- hood of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. 0ttaggio was the man who wrest- led Hungariau emigrsnt Laszlo Toth to the ground in St. Peterts Basilica ~y 21, when he smashed the marble statue of the madonna with a hammer.

Toth who cle~_med he was Jesus Christ was arrested and turned over to Italian 8.uthorities. He is awaiting a court-ordered mental exs~&nation to determine if he is fit to stand trial. Vatican experts have said they are confident they can restore the ~£ichelangelo masterpiece to its original likeness.

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TITO AW.~DED THE ORDE~ OF LENIN

On June 5, 197Z, President Tito of Yugoslavia, once the target of Stalinist wrath, received the Order of Lenin, the Soviet Unionts highest honor. Tito arrived in ~bscow for a week long visit tb~t ends traces of his expulsion from the Communist movement in 19Z2.

At a banquet for Tito, the chief of the Soviet Communist Party, Leonid I. Brezhnev, referred to President Nixon’s Moscow visit, which ended the previous week. Brezhnev said the agreements signed with the United States during the visit were "concrete steps to~mrd stronger peace," But he added: "The foreign policy of the Soviet Union has bgen, is and will be a socialist, class and internationalist one. Invariable is our support and assistance to the peoples of Vietnam and other countries of Indochina .... Invariable is o~r support and assistance to the friendly Arab states in their struggle for elimination of the consequences of the Israeli agression..."

The Lenin award ceremony was held in the Grand Kremlin Palace, where the Soviet Hierarchy received President Nixon. Although the 19~8 break between Moscow ~m8 Belgrade has been repaired, the countries have differed, most recently on the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslow/~ia in 1968.

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FR2~ N~-W BOOKLET LISTS 600 ART ~Z~gAL T~F~ AND D~IGNS

Just published and available free of charge, is a new booklet entitled, "Collector’s Choice", which lists over 600 themes and design features found in the 85 sculptured art medals issued since 1930 by The Society of Medalists. The booklet will be of particular interest to the specialty collector of medallic art. It may be obtained, along with a brochure illustrating the entire collection, by writing Mrs. F~ry Louise Cram, Executive Secretary, The Society of Medalists, 30 West Branch Road, Weston, Conn. 06880.

The Society is the nation’s oldest nonprofit art medal collector’s organization. Its collection of 85 high-relief fine art medals has been created by an equal number of distinguished Americ,~a sculptors, many of whom rank azong the foremost artists of this century.

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SECRETARY’S REPORT FOR ~Y 197~

NEW M~BERS

The following have applied for membership to our Society. If no written objection to such application be received from any member within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of said notice, applicant shall forth- with be admitted to membership (Art III, Sec 3 of the 0MSA By-Laws).

~1~2,~"

#1 ~ 26

~.~27

lz~28

#1929

#193o

#~1931

#1932

~’L933

#,193~

#193 5

#1936

~1937

- Ma~or Robert P. Ives (Secretary) Hq, 1st Support Brigade,.AG, APO New York, NY 09086 Harold Kelle~ (Secreta_ry)

-’ Box 125, Woburn, MA 01801 . Anthony Brady" (Werlich #961) 3’2’ Collins Street~ Melbourne.3~09, Australia Philip B. Carson (Wilkinson #549) 2129 University Boulevard, Houston, TX 77025

- Oarth J.,..Th0mpson (KC Area OMSA members) 5720 W.. 97th Street, Overland.Park, KS 66207

- MaxW~ Stringer (Caskey #1202) 303 E. FM 2410, Harker Heights, TX 765%1

- Horst Molter (Secretary) 3011 Central Avenue, Spring Valley, C~ 92077

- Ohio Valley Military Socie.~y (Sell #1806) P.O. Box 36188, Cincinnati, OH 45236

- E. Edward Ebrite (Secretary) 9434 Le@brook Drive, ~incinnati, O~ 4~231

- Major P. J. Rin£wald (Boddington #871) Base Surgeon, Base }~spital~ CFB, Edmonton, Lancas- ter Park, Alberta, Canada

- Jan K. Kube (James #1890) Herzogstrasse 34~ 8 Munchen 40, Germany

- Gary E. Hodg~n (Secretary) 26 Harris Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

- Kenneth S. Caldwell (Secretary) 1300 Union Commerce Building, Cleveland~ OH 4411 5

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

~1262 ~ William Pirtle 413 E.’ Broad~y~ Gainesville, TX 76240 Anthony C. Marston c/o L. Wadingham, 2222 Weston Road, #201, Weston, Ontario, Canada

#1552 - Harvey S. Eisenberg 3794 Dianne Street, Bethpage,.NY 11714

#1828 - LTC Andre~. Q.. Burr,. Jr, (Ret.) 31’4 N. Codntby Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716

RESIGNATION

# 402 - Fr~uk M~ Racine 4~4’ Shens’ton~oad, Riverside, IL 605~6

Respectfully submitted -

JOHN E. LELLE~ Secretary

SECRETARY’S REPORT OF NOMINATIONS RECEIVEO

In accordance with instructions contained in Article V~ Sec- tion 3 (d) of the 0MSA Constitution and By-Laws~ the following nominations for.0fficer and Director in the upcoming election are published herewith. These nominations ~ere received for members in good standing to be placed on the ballot to serve for the per- iod January 1973 to December 1974.

VICE PRESIDENT:

8~6-Cha~les H. Bell

1299-Edward So Haynes

495-Philllp M. Weber

677-Podlusky~S299-Haynes ¯ ACCEPTED ~6 California OMSA members

5~9-Wilkinson DECLINED

620-Smith (~)

SECRETARY:

379-John Eo Lelle

TREASURER~

1423-Neal Wo O’Connor

823-Cornelius Bo Tyson

DIRECTORS:

666-Willis E. Ayres, Jr.

316-Del Eo Bassetti

908-Douglas Wo Boyce

1724-MajoAlbert Fo Gleim

1008-Thomas So Halpin~Jro

~22-~knkeea;6477-Podlusky;43-Bade; ACCEPTED - er~1 22-Montesi;620-Smith; HM~-Holbrook; ~ 042-FOAMS; 5~9-Wil- kinson;17 California 0MSA members

1299-Haynes DECLINED

1102-Trenka;677-Podlusky;43-Bade~ ACCEPTED 1642-Tucker;1422-Montesi;620-Smith; P~#6-Holbrook;IO42-FOAMS;549-Wil- klnson;17 California 0MSA members

620-Smith~5~9-Wilkinson

16 Californi~ OMSA members

~6 California OMSA members

1299-Haynes;~+9-Wilkinson

1278-Schweitzer

ACCEPTED

DECLINED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

643-John B. Hickman

HM#6-Rolfe R. Holbrook

59-Gary C. Krug

~81-George H. Menegeaux

32-Harry Ao. Mohler

677-P9dlusky;620-Smith;S642-Tuc- ACCEPTED ke;;1422-Montesi~H~#6-Solbrook; I042-FOAMS;17 California OMSA members

1734-Le?~s;1042-FOAMS~1642-Tucker ACCEPTED 1422-Montesi;5~9-Wilklnson

1299-Haynes;~I#6-Holbrook (~)

1592-Eisen~erg;S642-Tu~ker;1422- DECLINED Montesi;HM#6-Holbrook;549-Wil- kinson;1042-FOAMS

677-Podlusky;1642-Tucker;1422- ACCEPTED Montesi;620-Smlth;HM#6-Hol~rook; I042-FOAMS;16 California O~SA members

290-James W. Peterson

1262-Dr. William Pirtle

677-Dr. George Podlusky

84-Dr. Edward P. Rich

585-Paul A. Sandars

801-Warren E. Sessler

620-L. Richard Smith

904-Roger J. Sullivan

495~Phillip M. Weber

5%9-James R. Wilkinson

HM#7-S. G. Yasinitsky

1299-Haynes

17 California OMSA members; 549-Wilkinson

620-Smith;1299-Haynes;17 Calif- ornia OMSA members

1299-Haynes

620-Smith

798-Buschmann;17 California OMSA members

677-PodluskF

620-Smith

677-Podlusky

1642-Tucker;1422-Montesi;HM#6- Holbrook;1042-FOAMS

1299-Haynes

DECLINED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

DECLINED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

DECLINED

ACCEPTED

Those member’s status indicated by (~) have failed to reply as of 6-I~-72. Ballots have been sent to all eligible voting members in good standing and they will be opened and counted at the Annual Convention in San Francisco~ August 11, 12, 13 and the results will be tabulated and published ~n a forthcoming issue of THE MEDAL COL- L~UTOR.

ADVERTISE IN THE MEDAL COLLECTOR

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CIVIL WAI~ - Y~ssachusetts ~.~inute Men, 1S61, named to Major Ham!in Wales Keyes, 5th 9i~ss. Later Bvt. ~j. (Btl. Wilderness), ~[il. Biog. accom- pmuies. Proof condition on original link susp. brooch, in original presentation case. This pc. struck & mud. at U.S. ~:~int. $ 75

- do - Loyal Legion F~ilitary Order (C.W. Officers), # 10M09 in Gold and Enamel on original ribbon and brooch, perfect. $ 35

SP~NISH-A~£~RIGAN I.~LR & PHILIPPINE~-. New York, 1898. 1899, 1900. 1st issue ’~f the’ 1st form (early ribbon, yellow left) # 22+89 on brooch and hal]_msmked, copper base metal. $

- do - City of Detroit, 1898-1900, superb medal, officially numbered with original ribbon, design brooch & movable crossed rifles suspen- sion, claw-grip mounting, mahogany bronze finish. $

- do - 1898 Voltunteers for Cuba. 50xiSzm. hand-eng, badge, upper loop broken, Colored Shield & ~meath, uniface, for 3rd Corps. $

- do - Ne~J Jersey Volunteer, 1898. V. heavy bronze cross double chain mounted from orn~.te lettered brooch. Overall 98x~6k~n. in mahagony bronze. Recipes n~me scratched on reverse. $

- do - Kansas, 1898, 20t~ Kans. Inf. Lsmge bronze cross w/8 P.I. battle honors & white 8th Corps Badge in Ctr. Double chain mounted from ornate lettered brooch, officially I{~.~D and Hmk’d. $ 75

- do - 1898, Sons of the American Revolution, Gilt bronze cross on movable eagle suspension, original ribbon & brooch. $ 20

- do - Colorado, 1898-1899, Officially named hvy. bronze medal on originsi[ swivel suspension, mov. wreath susp., ribbon & lettered brooch. In original presentation case blk. leather, satin & velvet lined w/hmk., all in original nm~d carton w/offic, label.

-do - California Volunteers, 1898-1899. 38ram. AE medal on ribbon, pres. upon return from ~ILA to S~I~ FR~I~CISC0. $ 20

~wZ[CAN BORDER - Indiana, 1916. AE 3-armed cross, direct link susp. to lettered brooch. For the National ~uard, hallmarked. $ 35

WORLD WAR .I - Champaign Cry., Ill. 1917-1919. Hvy. AE cross, officially n~ed, original ribbon & brooch., HalLma~hed.

- do - Pittsburg, Kans., 1917-1919. "Victory", to "Defender of Civilization", AE medal, eagle on c~.non design, detailed! $ 15

- do - Stszaford, Conn., 1917-1918. Officially named, dk. AE lO-sided medal, superb detail eagle in ~reath design. $ 12

- do - Allentown & Lehigh Cty., Penn., 1917-1918. Lg. AE medal, seated Victory design w/sword and wreath, hallmarked. $

- do - f~merican Car .& Foundry Co., 1917-1918. 63-~m dk. bronze medal m_k~d by GOIL~L~M Co., proofmarked, for Faithful Service. Superb design Columbia & Sta~e of Liberty/~orkmau w/ha~mer smashing sn~_ke encoiled Germen spiked helmet, carunon mt~d R.R. car. Bdgrd. $15

- do - Metropolitan L.I. Co., 1918o "For Valuable Service ~.o the U.S. Gvt." ~_u selling over $5000 in W.S. st~mps & "helping to win the War" ~0 ~m ~{Z medal, hal]_m/~’d by TIFFANY & CO,, proofmarked. $

WORLD WAR 2 - Red Be_ok, N.J., 1941-19&5. AE medal, battle scene, w/~m-r and Victory fi~ares, to "~n and Wemen", hallmarked. $ 15

RZ~I~,~TA_L S~TICE. N.Y., z~nd Engineers, 100% Duty. H~j. AE cross w/silver ct_r., lettered brooch & 1901 susp. bar. k~k’d. $ 12

- do - 7th N.Y. Long & Faithful Service. AE hvy. cross by TIFF/d,X # 199 to ~j. C.H. ~eday, 188&, on original ribbon & h~y. lettered brooch, unornamented typ. e, Crossed cannon on cross. $ 35

FEDERAL SERVICE - 1899 Phil. Insurrection, No. 1317~. Orig. rib. & open catch brooch, to Pvto Signal Corps,.w/support paper. $ 25 T.V.

- d~ - ~rine Corps Sxpeditionary, M.No. 7985, on original ribbon ~ith split-back original brooch, Qire loop. $ 35 T.V.

- do - Y~gtze Service, Na%~j Issue, M.No. 1944 on original ribbon w/heavy split-front orieinal Brooch, ~_re loop.

.STATE S~--RVIOE - Indiana ~o~mendation l,~eds.l, Silver prf~/<’d.

C-ARY C. KRUG, 9~0~ JEFFERSON, E, ROOKFI~’LC, ILL. 6091 ~UYERS MAY CALL TO RESERVE ANYTHING Of.’ THIS LIST, i~l,; SOLICITING WANT

LISTS IN ANY FIELD OF SPECIALTY, LET ME NAVE A £SCORD OF YOUR AREA

Wanted - U.S.W.W.I. Victory Medals: with army clasps for "SIBERIA" and "VlTTORIO VENETO" or with any navy clasps. Medals without clasps, and indicated clasps without medals, or any engraved medals. Also, French W.W.I. Victory Medal (unofficial first type). Obverse has the figure of winged victory which was subsequently used for the Cuban Victory Medal. Reverse has clumps of Laurel leaves at the top and bottom with LA GRANDE GURRE/POUR LA CIVlLISATION/1914-1918 on three lines in the center. In addition, the W.W.I. Victory Medals for Brazil, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia Greece, Philippine Islands, Portugal with buckle on ribbon, and Siam. Will pay cash or trade U.S. Decorations and Service Medals. John B. Hickman, 1507 Menlee Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904. J~

For Sale - Santa Fe Railway Police Badge ~29 - 0ne-of-a-kind solid gold 8nd enamel 22nd Division Regimental Crest inscri- bed "Presented by the Members of 22nd Infantry Band to Chief Musician Leon Trusson on his Retirement, January 1913" ~I~0 Spanish American War group ~ Philippine Congressional Spanish American War H.No.3525; Company "L", let Neb. ~egt.~ USV, Thurston Rifles Philippine Camoaign to D. O. Barnett & large celluloid pin showing the "Th~rston Rifles", Malolos~ P.I., April 1899" $150 - Cash or trade for Police Badges~ Nazi or Jap Militaria. C}~RLES SNYDER, 3~20 Mullin Lane, Bowie, Maryland 20715 jy

WILL TRADE - A copy of Abraham’s "U. S. MERCHANT FIRINE DEC- ORATIONS AND AWARDS" for each cityt~m war medal or Korean War military item I can use. Please describe fully.

David E. Schulz, 503 East Ho?mrd St., Winona, Minn. 55987

FOR SALE

THAILAND - Order of the Elephant (Sth cl.) SGE, unc, $15.00; Officer (4th cl.) SGE, ung, $16. ~00; Commander (3rd c.)~w/cravat, SGE, unc, $ 26.00; Grea~d Cross (sash w/badge and breast sty), SGE, unc. $ 130o00 - Order of the Cro~n (Sth cl.) SGE, unc, $14.00; Officer (4th cl.), SGE, unc, $15.00; Commander (3rd cl.) w/cravat. SGE, unc. $ 25.00; Grand Cross (sash w/~adge and breast sta~), SGE, unc. ~ 125.00.

Robert H. Reynolds, PSC #1, Box 9002, APO San Francisco, 96201 jy

FOR Sf~LE OR TRADE - President Grant 1871 Silver Indian Peace Medal.

Gary L. Massey, ~65 W. Ridge Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 jy

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Military Collectors Company P.O. Box 281, Islington, (Toronto), Canada

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DECORATIONS AND MEDALS

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JAMES RUTLAD~’R Wornall Plaza Center 8247 Wornall Road

Kansas City, Missouri 64114

SWISS F~RKS~J FV~DALS FOR SALE: $3.50 each, five different for $15.00. Ten different for $ 27.50. 25 different for $ 62.50. 100 all different for $ 225.00. Free list of Swiss medals and books on Swiss medals avail- able. Full refund if not completely satisfied. James E. Hayes, O~SA

¯ # 1846, Swiss Gallery~ Box 99~ St. Louis~ Missouri 63188 jya

WANTED - WORLD WAR I - VICTORY MEDALS - B~S FOR U. S. ~/~fl VICTORY MED~LS. NEED BRAZIL~ CUB.A, GREECE, ROUMANIA~ SIAM.

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ALWAYS WANTED: (I) Medals to Canadians and (2) British Com- ~onweaith (0~ foreign) BANDSMAN medals, Drummers, Pipers, Buglers~ Trumpeters~ etc., single items, groups, any condi- tion, any ~unit - Wil~ pay top cash or trade. J. W. Brown~ P.O. Box 2~I, Islington, (Toronto), Canada. 0MSA, Military Historical Society of Great Britain.