United States Navy was aboard the USS Cushing (DD-376) when it was sunk by Japanese naval gunfire in the Guadalcanal/Savo vicinity
8 mm inclusive of its tower suspension
and green machine embroidered RAD insignia
Earle was transferred from the 51st Battalion on June 28
A War Merit Cross First Class 1939 by Wilhelm Deumer - In silvered zinc
Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations And Accessories Auction United States Navy was aboard(Abzeichen und Zubehr). A mixed lot of three decorations and accessories, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a period original ribbon converted into a fob with a magnetic metal spring clip, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve