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Accession: 69-322-A
Plaque, Builder's USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59)
13.25 "H x 23.625" L x1.5" D
Brass

USS MASSACHUSETTS was launched on the 23rd September 1941 and was decommissioned on the 27th March 1947. She received 11 battle stars for her service in World War II.
She can now be found at Falls River Massachusetts where she was transferred to the Massachusetts Memorial Committe in 1965.

Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heriatge Command.

Medal, Austrian, Cross for Merit, WWI
Obverse.
3.25"H x 2" W
Zinc

A new donation to the collection, an Austrian medal awarded to civilians and soldiers of lower ranks for outstanding acts and services during WWI. Medal was instituted on 1st April 1916 in two grades with and without the imperial crown. The obverse side shows the monogram for Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, surrounded by words, " Viribus Unitis". Reverse of the medal has date 1916.

Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.

Accession: 66-50-F
Medal, Badge, Belgium, Order of the Crown
4.37"H x 5.62" W

Medal awarded to FADM C.Nimitz.

Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heriatge Command.

Accession: 66-50-D
Medal, Badge, Italy, Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Italy.

Medal awarded to FADM C. Nimitz

Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.

Accession: 63-318-A
Flag, National, US, USS OLYMPIA
42" x 80"

Flag flown on USS OLYMPIA during the Battle Of Manila Bay on 1st May 1898.

Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.