United States. A Cased Navy Cross Newly Listed by Keith R

by Keith R

The battle began on May 8th with a bombardment that disrupted the 83rd Brigade holding trenches on the forward side of the ridge but the first and second assaults by German infantry were repelled by the survivors

It was established in commemoration of the foundation of the Spanish Red Cross at the same year

the arms with an inscription of “GOTT

topped by a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a mobile swastika

United States. A Cased Navy Cross Newly Listed by Keith R(Instituted February 4th, 1919). Constructed of bronze, suspended from a fixed ball suspension and round swivel ring for suspension from its ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with rounded arms and laurels in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a round central medallion featuring a sailing vessel on waves, sailing to the left, the reverse with a similar central medallion with crossed anchors