Fellow Collectors, I Would Like to Offer to You, in This Ad, a Large Portion of a Collection That I Recently Acquired

CECIL E. LAWHON 505 GLADSTONE PLACE KANSAS CITY, MO. 64123

Fellow Collectors, I would like to offer to you, in this ad, a large portion of a collection that I recently acquired. Since it is a portion of a collection, most items are in one only stock. In a few cases more are available and will be noted so with an asterisk (*). Minor trade item is required by law on all U.S. medals; eg: used postage stamp, ribbon bar.

U.S. MEDALS & DECORATIONS TRADE VALUE Medal of Honor, Army. Present style, full neck ribbon. Exc. 200.00 Medal of Honor, Navy. Present style, full neck. Exc. 250.00 Medal of Honor, Air Force. Full neck ribbon. Exc. 22~.00 Medal of Honor, Navy. Civil War 1865. Display re-strike. Exco 9~.00 Me~al of Honor, Navy. Mexican War period, 1915. Display R.S.Excg~.o0 Distinguished Service Cross. Numbered #14~5 17.00 *Navy Cross, wrap brooch, early wide ribbon. With rb/Ib. Mint. 50.00 Air Force Cross. Extra nice one. 50.00 Distinguished Service Medal, Army. NAMED:Louis J. Hackett. 5~.00 Distinguished Service Medal, Navy. Cased complete, sharp. ~.00 Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force. Cased comp. Handsome. 5~.00 silver Star. NUMBERED:#25~og. Wrap brooch. 12.00 *Silver Star. NUMBERED. WWII type slotted mibbon brooch. 9.00 Distinguished Flying Cross.NAMED:Robert J,Williams. Thick plan. 12.00 Soldiers Medal. NAMED:Sammy R. Hurst. Very sharp piece. 20.00 Army Commendation° NAMED: Andreas L. Pappas. 8.00 Navy Commendation. NAMED: John S. Sears, Jr. i0o00 Air Force Commendation. NAMED: R. J. Bittner. 8.00 Jt.Services Commendation. NAMED: Nelson L. Hall. 18o00 Bronze Star. NAMED: Raymond B. Dean. V’s on ribbon & bar. C/C. 8.00 Air Medal. NAMED: Lloyd E. Sharpes. 8.00 Meritorious Service Medal. N~ED: James R. Terry. 20.00 Legion of Merit. Chief Commander. Breast star. w/ devices. 120.OO L.O.M. Commander. Full neck ribbon. Cased complete w/devices. 42.00 L.O.M. Officer. Cased complete w/devices and miniature added. 22.00 L.O.M. Legionnaire. NAMED: Joseph C. Rose, Jr.(Col. in Air F.) cased complete w/devices and miniature. 28.00 Medal for Merit. Enameled ring type. Very scarce now. Exc. 80.00 Good Conduct, Army. NAMED: (two on hand.) Scarce. i0.00 Good Conduct, Army. N~BERED: 47189. Ultra rare ~0.00 Good Conduct, USMC. Old style w/u.s.marines top brooch. EXC. 18.00 Good Conduct, USMC. Old style. NUMBERED: No.2686~. V.Scarce. Good Conduct, USMC. Current style. Lower rifle hanger only. IO.00 Good Cc~duct, Coast Guard. Old style. Large planchet, brooch. 60.00 Good Conduct, Coast Guard. Current style. Mint. 22.00 Good Conduct, Air Force. 4.00 Good Conduct, Navy. Current gathered drape style. Exc. 7.00 Navy Achievement medal. Very sharp piece. 2~.00 CECIL LAWHON

Navy Expeditionary. Ring suspension. Very thick planchet. Exc. 22.00 Navy Expeditionary. Knob suspensiom. Mint shape. 14.00 USMC Expeditionary. NUMBERED: M.NoolSIg. Wrap brooch. 75.00 USMC Expeditionary. NUMBERED: M.No.5255. Wrap brooch. 70.00 Naval Reserve Medal. Ring suspension, ~Tap brooch. 28.00 Naval Reserve Meritorious Service medal. Exc. 18.00 Organized Marine Corps Reserve medal. Exc. 12.00 Navy Expert Pistol Shot. Exco 20.00 Navy Expert Rifleman medal. Exc. 20°00 Armed Forces Reserve: Army, gold hourglass on ribbon. 5.00 " Navy, bronze hourglass on ribbon. 20.00 " USMC. 55.00 " Air Force. 5.00 ~ Coast Guard. 40.00 " National Guard. Bronze hourglass. 6.00 Merchant Marine, Meritorious Service. NUMBerED: 2029. Cased. 85.00 Merchant Marine, Mariners Medal (bravery) cased. 45.00 Merchant Marine, Victory WWII 20.00 Woments Army Corps medal. 8.00 Selective Service System, WWII. Titled parchment case w/devices.52.00 Selective Service System, WWII. Alone. 28.00 Selective Service System. Latest style. Mint. 22.00 U.S. Antarctica Expedition, 1959-1941. Exc. 70.00 Philippine Defense medal. Original early type. Top shape. 47.00 Philippine Liberation. AlsO original type. Enameled. Exc. 58.00 Civil War medal, Army. 2nd ribbon, wrap brooch. 55.00 Indian Wars. Sharp, hard strike, thick smooth planchet. V.nice 55.00 Spanish Campaign, Army. NUM.BERED:M.No.6510. Wrap brooch. 45.00 Spanish War Service. h-UMBERED:#9215. Wrap brooch. 52.00 Army Cuban Occupation. NUMBERED: M.No.4567. Wrap brooch. 48.00 Philippine Campaign, Army. NUMBERED: M.Noo ~470. Wrap brooch. 40.00 Philippine Campaign, Navy. Thick planchet, straight "Service" 50.00 Philippine Campaign, USMC. Thick planchet, curved "Service" 56.00 Philippine Congressional. NUMBERED: No.4299. Wrap brooch. 42.00 China Relief, Army 1900-1901. Re-issue. exc. 52.00 Cuban Pacification, Navy. NUMBERED: ~2120. Wrap brooch. 55.00 Cuban Pacification, Army. NUMBERED: No.2082. Wrap brooch. 42.00 Cuban Pacification, Army. Not numbered but good strike. Exc. 24.00 Mexican Service, Army. NL~BERED: M.No.6510. Wrap brooch. 40.00 Mexican ServiCe, Navy. h~MBERED: #11545. Wrap brooch. 65.00 Mexican Border Service. NUMBERED: #4162. Wrap brooch. 55.00 Haitian, 1915, Navy. Thick planchet, curved "Service". 58.00 Haitian, 1919-1920, Navy. Thick planchet, straight "Service". 28.00 Haitian, 1919-1920, USMC. CurVed "Service" replaced brooch. 54.00 2nd Nicaraguan, Navy. Handsome strike, ?~ap brooch. 50.00 2nd Nicaraguan, USMC. Good condition. Wrap brooch. 40.00 Yangtze, Navy. NU~MBERED: M.No.4629. Wrap brooch. A tough one@ 75.00

A large list of foreign will follow. Best regards to all. CECIL LAWHON

FOREIGN MEDALS. (Items are not ranked according to order.) FRANCE: Legion of Honor, Chevalier, III republic 1870. Exc. 28°00 Medaille Militairre, Louis Napolean, 1852, silver. RARE. 50.00 Medaille Militaire, III Republic. 1870o Enamel chipped. 8.00 Croix de G~erre, 191~-1918, star on ribbon. Exc. 5.50 Croix de Guerre, 1959, palm on ribbon. Exc. 5.00 Croix de Guerre, T.O.E. (Overseas.) Exc. Palm on ribbon. 4.50 Croix de Guerre, Free French NNII. With palmo 6.00 Croix de Guerre, Vichy Gov~t issue, 1959-1940. Palm on ribbon, iO.OO Combatants Cross, WNI 5°00 Combat Volunteers. Cross. Exc. 4.50 Combat Volunteers Cross, ~esistance. Exc. 5.50 Cross of Valor. 4.50 Military Volunteer Services: (All top condition.) Ist Class, gilt, large rosette on ribbon. 12.00 2nd Class, silver. 8.00 5rd class, bronze. 6.50 1st Class, gilt, Air Force (Wings over medal suspender.) Rosette. 15.00 2nd Class, silver, Air Force, wings° iO. 00 5rd Class, bronze, Air Force, wings. 7.50 5rd Class, bronze, Army older WWI style. 7.00 Medaille de Aeronautique, 1945, wing hanger, enameled medal, i0.00 Medaille de Aeronautique, modern style. Named on reverse"L.Giordano" Large round gilt medal. Ninged "A" on ribbon. Very scarce° 20.00 Wound Medal, largered enameled star, early style. (pro 50’s) 8°00 Wound Medal, smaller red star in horseshoe shaped laurel ~reath. 12.00 Franco-Prussian war medal 1870-18yI. W/silver bar Engage Volontai. lO. OO Deportation-Internment, WWI 4.50 Internment medal, Resistance, WWII 5.00 French medal of Recognition (high achievement.) 6.00 Deportation Medal, 1939-1945. 4.50 Victory, WWI (medal as polished and worn by veteran.) 4.50 Commemorative of World War (WWI) 4.00 Verdun (pair) Ribbon hung medal and huge dollar sized medallion. 12oOO Verdun, (variation) A sharp high relief striking. 8.00 Escapees Meda!. Very nice. 5.00 Resistance Medal, NNII 4.50 War commemorative ~NII, silver bar "France" 4.50 Liberation of France, WWII. 4.00 Indo-China Cam~ai~gn (later, Viet-Nam) Dragon hanger. 8.00 French Korean~Service, Temple hanger. Exco 8.00 U.N.Korea Service for France. Bar "Coree" Exc. 7.00 French Colonial Service Medal. Former style. Exc. 6.50 French Colonial Service Medal. Later style. Exc. 5.50 North African Campaign. Very scarce. 12.00 Medal for the Orient, 191~-1918o Still sharp. 12.O0 Levant Medal (Far East) Vichy issue. Very dark bronze. 9.00 Italian Expedition, 1945-1944 (France still had a punch left.) 7.00 Honor of Labor Medal. Early type, rosette ~n ribbon. 4.00 National Combat Veterans Medal, 1914-1918 5.00