White House Issued Navy Congressional Medal of Honor Citation Letter (inscribed "THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON / The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM D
” a leather flap stitched in place on the front with a 10 cm (w) x 5 cm (h) die-stamped silvered aluminum Police eagle insignia affixed via three aluminum prongs on the underside and held firmly in place via a thin strip of white leather tied between and knotted around the bottom prong
39 mm in diameter
Medal of 508th Motorized Battalion – Trieste - in bronze
and with light to moderate scuffing on the exterior due to storage
Canada, Commonwealth. An Ottawa Highlanders Glengarry Badge, By Scully, C. 1925 Newly Listed White House Issued Navy CongressionalIn white metal, maker marked "W. SCULLY, LTD MONTREAL" on the reverse, measuring 59. 7 mm (w) x 60. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The 43rd Regiment (Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles) during the interwar years was re organized and re named on several occasions. In March 1920 it was converted from line infantry to a highland regiment and renamed The Ottawa Regiment (The Duke of Cornwall's Own). The regiment was allocated
