Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Brown Bess Muskets but little other wear

but little other wear

A German torpedo ripped into the transport Leopoldville just five miles from its destination of Cherbourg

names of men and more

These pieces were queried directly from the family of a New Jersey WW2 veteran

The German armed forces and political organizations awarded a wide array of stick pins to their members

Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Brown Bess Muskets but little other wearOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The USS Saranac was the Old Dominion Steamship Company Hamilton temporarily converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage. John Roach & Sons launched Hamilton at Chester, Pennsylvania in 1899. Hamilton steamed between Norfolk, Virginia and New York City until The United States Shipping Board took control of the ship from Old Dominion Steamship Company in 1917. She was fitted out for United States Navy