United States. A Civil War Campaign Medal, Number 2496 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac What appears to be the

What appears to be the remnants of an illegible handwritten owner’s name is also visible on the back of the liner

1 Clasp - PUGNATOR (in bronze

Alongside the five major 'elite' formations serving in Vietnam were a host of smaller

Type II 1899-1933

the reverse bearing a brief illegible handwritten inscription

United States. A Civil War Campaign Medal, Number 2496 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac What appears to be theInstituted in 1908. In bronze, the obverse features two naval vessels engaged in combat, the upper contour of the medal bears the words THE CIVIL WAR, the exergue the dates 1861 1865, the reverse features a spread eagle resting upon an anchor with draped chain, over the words FOR SERVICE, the upper contour of the medal bears the words UNITED STATES NAVY, impressed numbered 2496 on the edge of the medal, on original ribbon with broach, very fine