A W.W.2 pair of medals attributed to AOM 1st Class R. R. Batt, U.S. Navy

American Defense Service Medal, 1 clasp, Base; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, this in card box of issue, both with riband bars; Combat Aircrew Badge, with three gold stars, by Gemsco, New York, pin-backed

Original papers relating to Battalion Sergeant-Major T. A. Kunst, U.S. Army - awarded the Silver Star and the British Distinguished Conduct Medal for his bravery in operations against the Hindenburg Line, 29 September 1918

Certificate of Service, record card and other papers relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. Price, U.S. Army Dental Surgeon

Honorable Discharge Certificate (2), to Paul Allan Schmidt, 344 58 116 Private E1 Regular Army, dated 2 June 1978, in green War Office folder; another, to Joseph D. Isaacson, 5297035 Private, in black wallet; unrelated Croix de Guerre citation, papers generally in good condition, medals good very fine (lot) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of American Medals.

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Medals to Batt sold with nine related photographs; ten various identity cards, passes etc.; three letters from the recipient, dated 1943 and 1946 (2); personal notebook from Aircraft Armourers’ School, dated September 1944 and leather name tag. AOM Roy R. Batt was serving in Torpedo Squadron 4 in 1946.

Papers to Theodore A. Kunst include: document appointing him Battalion Sergeant-Major, Headquarters Company, 107th Infantry, 16 September 1918; British Fourth Army Orders, listing the award of the D.C.M. to Kunst; Fourth Army certificate of award; General H.Q. American Expeditionary Forces letter giving approval for the acceptance and wearing of the British D.C.M.; War Department letter, dated 10 December 1929 re his gallantry and authorising the wearing of a ‘silver star’ on Victory Medal ribbon, with accompanying citation; Silver Star certificate of award, dated 13 February 1930.

Thomas Ashby Price studied Dentistry at the Medical College of Virginia. Commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in January 1926, he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in April 1943. Entitled to the American Defense, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medals.