Item Description
Original Items: One-of-a-kind Collection. United States Marine Corps Gunner Sergeant Charles J. Tammany served during World War One in both the 1916 in the Dominican Republic campaign and later in Europe in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918. He is recorded on multiple documents including a 1916 Dominican Republic Campaign Badge # & Roster. He is listed from original muster rolls with "3rd Enl Bar 2660 Issued 1920." The medals in this set include:
- Original WWI USMC Good Conduct Medal engraved on the medal:
With engraved medal bars that read:
- Original WWI USMC Dominican Camping Medal numbered on the rim 1332. The Dominican Campaign Medal is a military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was created on December 29, 1921. To be awarded the Dominican Campaign Medal, a service member must have performed active military duty in the Dominican Republic between the dates of May 5 and December 4, 1916. The medal commemorates the 1916 United States invasion of the Dominican Republic. The medal was designed by Adolph Alexander Weinman, and the design approved by the United States Commission of Fine Arts in November 1923.It was the first Navy and Marine Corps medal whose reverse face contained the inscription "For Service" on a straight line. (All previous reverse faces of Navy and Marine Corps medals had placed the inscription on a curve.)
- Original 1930 Yangtze Service Medal with rim number No. 3925. The is Yangtze Service Medal decoration of the United States military which was created in 1930 for presentation to members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps (and to a lesser extent, members of the United States Army). The Yangtze Service Medal is awarded for service in the Yangtze River Valley between the dates of September 3, 1926 and December 31, 1932, a period of significant unrest in the region. The decoration may also be awarded for those military service members who served on permanent duty in Shanghai, China, provided such service was in direct support of landing operations in the Yangtze River Valley (e.g. Nanking incident of 1927). The Yangtze Service Medal was declared obsolete in 1940 when it was replaced by the China Service Medal.
- Original WWI Victory Medal with Meuse-Argonne campaign bar and battle star.
- Expert Riflemen Badge.
- Pistol Sharpshooter Badge.
- Multiple copies of original paperwork and research.
- Original WWI USMC Good Conduct Medal engraved on the medal:
No. 2660
Charles J. Tammany
1st Enlistment
DEC 5, 1911
With engraved medal bars that read:
3rd ENLISTMENT
4th ENLISTMENT
EXT. OF ENT.
- Original WWI USMC Dominican Camping Medal numbered on the rim 1332. The Dominican Campaign Medal is a military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was created on December 29, 1921. To be awarded the Dominican Campaign Medal, a service member must have performed active military duty in the Dominican Republic between the dates of May 5 and December 4, 1916. The medal commemorates the 1916 United States invasion of the Dominican Republic. The medal was designed by Adolph Alexander Weinman, and the design approved by the United States Commission of Fine Arts in November 1923.It was the first Navy and Marine Corps medal whose reverse face contained the inscription "For Service" on a straight line. (All previous reverse faces of Navy and Marine Corps medals had placed the inscription on a curve.)
- Original 1930 Yangtze Service Medal with rim number No. 3925. The is Yangtze Service Medal decoration of the United States military which was created in 1930 for presentation to members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps (and to a lesser extent, members of the United States Army). The Yangtze Service Medal is awarded for service in the Yangtze River Valley between the dates of September 3, 1926 and December 31, 1932, a period of significant unrest in the region. The decoration may also be awarded for those military service members who served on permanent duty in Shanghai, China, provided such service was in direct support of landing operations in the Yangtze River Valley (e.g. Nanking incident of 1927). The Yangtze Service Medal was declared obsolete in 1940 when it was replaced by the China Service Medal.
- Original WWI Victory Medal with Meuse-Argonne campaign bar and battle star.
- Expert Riflemen Badge.
- Pistol Sharpshooter Badge.
- Multiple copies of original paperwork and research.
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