A War Merit & Campaign Medal Bar certificate_of_authenticity Previous to becoming an Able

Previous to becoming an Able Seaman

6 mm x 55 mm inclusive of its FEB (Brazilian Expeditionary Force) arms suspension

He became a 1st Class Marine in March 1844

Grand Cross Star with Crown in Gold

There is a tiny nip just below the right pocket and evidence of moth invasion in scattered places on the exterior

A War Merit & Campaign Medal Bar certificate_of_authenticity Previous to becoming an AbleA War Merit & Campaign Medal Bar; War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (bronze gilt on tombac, 48 mm); Commemorative Medal for 13 March 1938 (silvered zinc, 32. 2 mm); and West Wall Medal (bronze gilt, 32. 8 mm x 41. 5 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, lightly soiled original ribbons, blackening on the reverse of the West Wall Medal, light contact, better than very fine.