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ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War I era United States Public Health Service Nurse Hat Badge. Although Nursing had been a part of the US Military since the Civil War, WWI brought about the need for full time, organized, Nursing, and the U.S. Public...

ARTIFACT: Fabulous WWII Ribbon Bar. This pilot was obviously a real hero, to have earned the medals on this miniature bar. The medals look like they were possibly made in Japan, during the early Occupation period. The bar features in order from the...

ARTIFACT: This beautifully engraved Type II Purple Heart commemorates the heroic Supreme Sacrifice given by US Navy Stewards Mate 2nd Class Clarence W. Oakes while serving on board the USS Pensacola on 17 February 1945 during the Iwo Jima Recon Mission...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Navy officer medal bar supporting five medals. The first medal is for the American Campaign and shows a sub, ship and plane set against a skyline and the reverse shows an eagle and reads UNITED STATES OF...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Navy Victory medal with a destroyer bar. The medal shows winged Victory on the front and the reverse reads THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION FRANCE ITALY SERBIA JAPAN MONTENEGRO RUSSIA GREECE GREAT BRITAIN...

ARTIFACT: United States Navy Mexico Service Medal rim of medal is numbered 1141The Mexican Service Medal recognizes those service members who performed military service against Mexican forces between the dates of April 12, 1911 and June 16, 191The United...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare late World War II foil submarine launch tag for USS Volador SS 490, whose keel was laid down on June 15, 1945 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Work on the submarine came to a halt in January of the next year but resumed, with some...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare Type III World War II silver foil submarine launch tag for the USS Spinax SS-48The Spinax was a Tench-class submarine and was launched from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on November 25, 194She was decommissioned in October 11,...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II submarine launch tag for the USS Remora (SS-487). The Remora was launched on July 12, 1945, at the Portsmouth (NH) Naval Shipyard, and spent most of her 28 year United States Navy career in Pacific waters. In 1973 she...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II submarine launch tag for the USS Diablo SS-479, launched December 1, 1944 at Portsmouth (NH) Naval Shipyard. Diablo arrived on the scene for her first war patrol just as the cease fire began. VINTAGE: Circa 1944...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II launch tag for the launching of the USS Redfish (SS-395) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on January 27, 1944, sharing the spotlight with the USS Ronquil and the USS Razorback. Redfish received two battle stars for her...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II submarine launch tag for the USS Pampanito SS-383, launched July 12, 1943 at Portsmouth (NH) Naval Shipyard. Now an historic landmark in San Francisco, Pampanito earned six battle stars for her World War II service...