Original U.S. WWII Navy Early Issue Silver Star Medal with Wrap Brooch in Early Issue Numbered Red Box with Pin & Ribbon - Excellent French Antique Guns Serial number 86941 is found

Serial number 86941 is found on the receiver above the maker mark

Condition does vary a bit on the cross and ribbon

After being wounded he returned to the United States and was discharged

The silver is still partly intact on the bottom of the pommel

so it is possible that this example had one at one point

Original U.S. WWII Navy Early Issue Silver Star Medal with Wrap Brooch in Early Issue Numbered Red Box with Pin & Ribbon - Excellent French Antique Guns Serial number 86941 is foundOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the successor award to the "Citation Star" (316 silver star) which was established by an Act of Congress on July 9, 1918, during World War I. On July 19, 1932, the Secretary of War approved the conversion of the "Citation Star" to the SSM with the original "Citation Star" incorporated into the center of the medal. This is an extremely scarce early WWII Navy issue Silver Star Medal with