US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Late 1940's United States Navy China Service Medal. The round medal is suspended from a yellow ribbon with a thin red stripe on either side. The front of the medallion depicts an embossed ship with sails billowing and is surrounded by the...

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: This wonderful medal grouping came out of the woodwork here in New Hampshire and into my possession over a year ago. I did some initial research, and sought help from those more advanced than me in the ways of US Medals, and found that not...

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 rare Type II 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 Sarda SS-488, which was launched on August 24, 1945 at Portsmouth (NH) Naval Shipyard. Sarda did not serve during World War II as the war ended a few weeks before her launching. She was...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II submarine launch tag for the USS Remora (SS-487) in LESSER condition. 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...

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...