Orders, Decorations and Medals

U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Medal (2) bronze and enamel, one named, ‘Essinger S. 60-61’, one with bent finial; U.S. Air Force G.O.C. Badge for Merit (3) one with ‘250 Hours’ bar; another with 8 bars, ‘250-2000 Hours’; Five: U.S. Navy Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; South Vietnam, Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960, enamel damage, mounted for wear; Three: National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal, 4 stars on ribbon; South Vietnam Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960, mounted as worn; Pershing Rifles Medal; Wayne County, Pennsylvania Tribute Medal 1941-45; Lakewood, New Jersey Tribute Medal 1941-45; Leominster, Massachusetts Tribute Medal 1941-45, with ‘Victory’ brooch bar; Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Tribute Medal (2) one with brooch bar; another, with star emblem on ribbon, slot brooch, in card box; 81st Division ‘Wildcats’ Annual Reunion Medal, with ‘Columbia, S.C. 1920’ brooch bar; W.S.S. Tribute Badge, pin-backed, erasure to obverse; ‘Victory Loan 1919 Representative’s Badge, pin-backed; Medallions (2) Library building, ‘Margaret Reaney Memorial Library, St. Johnsville, N.Y.’, reverse, a monument, ‘Fifth N.Y. Duryee Zouaves erected in memory of Joseph Reaney’, 75mm., bronze; another, ‘Chief of Staff Army Supply Excellence Award’, 85mm., uniface, bronze casting, nearly very fine (24) £90-120

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

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Training Corps Medals with note stating Essinger was a F-4 Phantom fighter pilot who saw action in Vietnam; with associated riband bar.