An American Navy Civil War Campaign Medal For Service Aboard U.s.s. Vincennes Auction Archive " (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

" (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin = fever)

Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription "HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH

obverse illustrating the left-facing bust of an officer

30 mm x 49

from an airport called [RAF] Wickenby

An American Navy Civil War Campaign Medal For Service Aboard U.s.s. Vincennes Auction Archive " (Pyrexia of Unknown OriginBronze, numbered "1966" and engraved in italic capitals "JESSE F. BROWN U. S. S. VINCENNES" on the edge, 33 mm, lightly soiled original ribbon with brooch pinback, very light contact, extremely fine. In its cardboard box of issue, marked "CIVIL WAR" on the lid, maker marked "THE BAILEY, BANKS AND BIDDLE CO. PHILADELPHIA" on the underside of the lid, tape repair and scuffing evident on the exterior, box near fine. Footnote: After the outbreak of the